George Frideric Handel quotes

George Frideric Handel was a German-British composer, celebrated for his Baroque music and especially his oratorios such as "Messiah." His works have had a profound influence on Western classical music and are still widely performed today. He is remembered as one of the greatest composers of the 18th century. Here are 17 of his quotes:

I should be sorry if I only entertained them, I wish to make them better. (George Frideric Handel)
Whether I was in my body or out of my body I know not. God knows it! View quote
George Frideric Handel
I did think I did see all heaven before me, and the great God himself. View quote
George Frideric Handel
Learn all there is to learn, and then choose your own path. View quote
George Frideric Handel
I shudder to think of that God would do something like that through me. View quote
George Frideric Handel
I thought I saw the face of God. View quote
George Frideric Handel
This man is the master of us all. View quote
George Frideric Handel
Händel is the unrivalled master of all masters. Go and learn from him how to achieve vast effects with simple means. View quote
George Frideric Handel
Handel is so great and so simple that no one but a professional musician is unable to understand him. View quote
George Frideric Handel
Händel is the greatest composer that ever lived. I would uncover my head and kneel on his grave. View quote
George Frideric Handel
His hallelujahs open the heavens. He utters the word "Wonderful," as if all their trumpets spoke together. And then, when he comes to earth, to make love amidst nymphs and shepherds (for the beauties of all religions found room within his breast), his strains drop milk and honey, and his love is the youthfulness of the Golden Age. (George Frideric Handel)
Every Englishman believes that Handel now occupies an important position in heaven. If so, le bon Dieu must feel toward him very much as Louis Treize felt toward Richelieu. View quote
George Frideric Handel
Handel paralysed music in England for generations and they have not yet quite got over him. View quote
George Frideric Handel
You have taken far too much trouble over your opera. Here in England that is mere waste of time. What the English like is something that they can beat time to, something that hits them straight on the drum of the ear. View quote
George Frideric Handel
Händel is the greatest and ablest of all composers; from him I can still learn. View quote
George Frideric Handel
What a wonderful thing it is to be sure of one's faith! How wonderful to be a member of the evangelical church, which preaches the free grace of God through Christ as the hope of sinners! If we were to rely on our works-my God, what would become of us? View quote
George Frideric Handel
It pleased the Almighty, to whose great will Holy Will I submit myself with Christian submission. View quote
George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel - Image
Occupation: German-British Composer
Born: February 23, 1685
Died: April 14, 1759
Quotes count: 17
Wikipedia: George Frideric Handel

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