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1 posted on 12/13/2021 8:56:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

No idea what a mince pie is.


2 posted on 12/13/2021 9:00:15 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SeekAndFind

A better headline would be - “Do you have a handle on Handel?”


4 posted on 12/13/2021 9:01:09 AM PST by PGR88
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To: SeekAndFind

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4020496/posts


7 posted on 12/13/2021 9:03:14 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I bet the libs will call him racist and claim he had slaves. I think we need to track the past history of these loud mouthed libs and find out who of them had family that owned slaves-THAT would be funny.


10 posted on 12/13/2021 9:08:15 AM PST by Singermom
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To: SeekAndFind

“Nobody handles Handel the way you handle Handel!”

- Edgar Kennedy to Rex Harrison in FAITHFULLY YOURS


11 posted on 12/13/2021 9:08:49 AM PST by Orosius
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To: SeekAndFind

“...Although his family discouraged him from a musical career, his astonishing natural talent proved unstoppable...”

You might say that he “got a handle” on his musical talent...


13 posted on 12/13/2021 9:09:56 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Handel had a way with vocal lines the way Bach had a way with counterpoint. (tho’ both did either extremely well)


15 posted on 12/13/2021 9:10:53 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: SeekAndFind

I often rock Handel’s Water Music on my stereo. Fantastic!!


16 posted on 12/13/2021 9:10:59 AM PST by rsobin ( )
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To: SeekAndFind; Daffynition
But do you know about Handel?

According to Pappus of Alexandria, Archimedes' work on levers caused him to remark: "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth" (Greek: δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω).

That's right up there with "Eureka!"

John 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

19 posted on 12/13/2021 9:18:37 AM PST by Ezekiel ("Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Arguably the most beautiful, majestice composition ever written.

That noted, it's important to bear in mind the following:
-- It's not "The Messiah"; it's "Messiah"
-- It's not "Home Depot"; it's "The Home Depot"
-- and, most importantly, it's not "Macallan" scotch; it's "The Macallan"

(I really need a vacation!)

21 posted on 12/13/2021 9:21:51 AM PST by glennaro (Although I don't believe in "big conspiracies", neither do I believe in "big coincidences")
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I'm not the biggest Handel fan, possibly because I over-listened as a youth, but any guy who is bad-ass enough to get into a nearly deadly sword fight with another composer (Mattheson) over some minor musical elements is invited to my table any day!


(I just won't talk about music.)



26 posted on 12/13/2021 9:29:40 AM PST by golux
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To: SeekAndFind

Love Handel!


27 posted on 12/13/2021 9:31:12 AM PST by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (“Salute the Marines.” - Joe )
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To: SeekAndFind

Excellent post...
Things I never knew in it...


32 posted on 12/13/2021 9:46:51 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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You all might enjoy the British film “The Great Mr. Handel”
from 1942.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MHDylC00IQ

Also available at Archive.org


33 posted on 12/13/2021 9:49:14 AM PST by ADemocratNoMore (The Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Column)
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