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Handel Prize, the Glossary

The Handel Prize (Händel-Preis) is an annual award, instituted in 1956, which is presented by the city of Halle, in Germany, in honour of the celebrated Baroque composer George Frideric Handel.^[1]

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1956 establishments in East Germany
George Frideric Handel

Alan Bush

Alan Dudley Bush (22 December 1900 – 31 October 1995) was a British composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and political activist.

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Alfred Hetschko

Alfred Paul Hetschko (24 August 1898 – 18 April 1967) was an Austro-German music educator, Kapellmeister and composer, who rendered outstanding services to men's choir.

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Andrea Marcon

Andrea Marcon (born 6 February 1963 in Treviso, Italy) is an Italian conductor, organist, harpsichordist, and scholar.

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Anhaltisches Theater

Anhaltisches Theater Dessau is a theatre in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, which was called Landestheater Dessau until 1984.

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Anna Bonitatibus

Anna Bonitatibus (born in Potenza in the Basilicata region) is an Italian mezzo-soprano.

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Anneliese Probst

Anneliese Probst (married name in 2nd marriage Anneliese Seidler) (23 March 1926 – 10 October 2011) was a German writer.

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Axel Köhler

Axel Köhler (born 1960 in Schwarzenberg, Saxony, East Germany) is a German countertenor and opera director.

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Baroque music

Baroque music refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750.

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Cecilia Bartoli

Cecilia Bartoli OMRI (born 4 June 1966) is an Italian coloratura mezzo-soprano opera singer and recitalist.

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Christian Kluttig

Christian Kluttig (born 17 August 1943) is a German conductor, pianist and Hochschullehrer.

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Christophe Rousset

Christophe Rousset (born 12 April 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on period instruments.

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Christopher Hogwood

Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (10 September 194124 September 2014) was an English conductor, harpsichordist, writer, and musicologist.

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Composer

A composer is a person who writes music.

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Dieter Rex

Dieter Rex (2 January 1936, in Bad Frankenhausen – 20 November 2002) was a German painter and designer.

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Dietrich Knothe

Dietrich Knothe (6 January 1929 – 7 September 2000) was a German conductor and choral conductor, winner of the 1985 Handel Prize presented by the city of Halle.

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Donald Burrows (musicologist)

Donald James Burrows (born 28 December 1945, in London) is a musicologist and a leading scholar of the music of George Frideric Handel.

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Dorothea Köhler

Dorothea Köhler, née Dorothea Helling (born 1943) is a German woman conductor and music educator.

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Eduard Melkus

Eduard Melkus (born 1 September 1928 in Baden bei Wien) is an Austrian violinist and violist.

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Edwin Werner

Edwin Werner (born 1940) is a German musicologist and Handel scholar.

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Emma Kirkby

Dame Carolyn Emma Kirkby, (born 26 February 1949) is an English soprano and early music specialist.

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Erik Neutsch

Erik Neutsch (21 June 193 – 20 August 2013) was one of the most successful writers in East Germany.

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Ernst Hermann Meyer

Ernst Hermann Ludimar Meyer (8 December 1905 – 8 October 1988) was a German composer and musicologist, noted for his expertise on seventeenth-century English chamber music.

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Günther Leib

Günther Leib (12 April 1927 – 3 March 2024) was a German operatic baritone and professor of voice.

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Georg Hanstedt

Georg Hanstedt (9 October 1904 – 25 March 1975) was a German violinist.

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George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (baptised italic,; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.

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Gerd Domhardt

Gerd Domhardt (19 February 1945 in Wolmirstedt – 18 February 1997 in Halle) was a German composer.

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Gerhard Lichtenfeld

Gerhard Lichtenfeld (6 November 1921 – 6 November 1978) was a German sculptor and academic teacher, whose works were installed in public space in the Halle (Saale) and Merseburg districts, and who exhibited internationally.

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Gerhard Wohlgemuth

Gerhard Wohlgemuth (16 March 1920 in Frankfurt – 26 October 2001 in Halle (Saale)) was a German composer and literary editor.

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Gustav Schmahl

Gustav Schmahl (29 November 1929 – 4 October 2003) was a German violinist and university lecturer.

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Halle (Saale)

Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (from the 15th to the 17th century: Hall in Sachsen; until the beginning of the 20th century: Halle an der Saale; from 1965 to 1995: Halle/Saale) is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the fifth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz, as well as the 31st-largest city of Germany, and with around 244,000 inhabitants, it is slightly more populous than the state capital of Magdeburg.

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Handel Festival, Halle

The Handel Festival (in German: Händel-Festspiele) in Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt, is an international music festival concentrating on the music of George Frideric Handel in the composer's birthplace. Handel Prize and Handel Festival, Halle are George Frideric Handel.

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Hans Jürgen Wenzel

Hans Jürgen Wenzel (4 March 1939 – 8 August 2009) was a German conductor and composer.

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Hans Pischner

Hans Pischner (20 February 1914 – 15 October 2016) was a German harpsichordist, musicologist, opera director, and politician active in the German Democratic Republic.

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Hans Stieber

Hans Albert Oskar Stieber (1 March 1886 – 18 October 1969) was a German conductor, composer and violinist.

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Hans-Günther Wauer

Hans-Günther Wauer (12 December 1925 – 17 February 2016) was a German church musician, winner of the 1985 Handel Prize.

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Hans-Jürgen Steinmann

Hans-Jürgen Steinmann (4 September 1929 in Żagań, Province of Lower Silesia – 22 September 2008 in Halle (Saale)) was a German writer.

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Heinz Röttger

Heinz Martin Albert Röttger (6 November 1909 – 26 August 1977) was a German composer.

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Helmut Koch (conductor)

Helmut Koch (5 April 190826 January 1975) was a German conductor, choir leader, composer, and academic teacher.

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Hermann Christian Polster

Hermann Christian Polster (born 8 April 1937) is a German opera singer (bass).

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Horst Deichfuß

Horst Deichfuß (11 April 1925 – 6 October 1989) was a German writer.

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Horst Förster (conductor, 1920)

Horst Förster (13 March 1920 – 30 June 1986) was a German conductor, choirmaster, violinist and university teacher.

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Horst Irrgang

Horst Irrgang (1929 – 1997) was a German composer, conductor and musicologist.

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Horst-Tanu Margraf

Horst-Tanu Margraf (26 October 1903 − 1978) was a German conductor, Generalmusikdirektor of Halle (Saale) from 1950 to 1969.

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Howard Arman

Howard Arman (born 1954 in London) is an English choral conductor and opera director.

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J. Merrill Knapp

John Merrill Knapp (May 9, 1914 – March 7, 1993) was an American musicologist and academic.

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Jean-Claude Malgoire

Jean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French oboist and later conductor.

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Jens Peter Larsen

Jens Peter Larsen (14 June 1902 – 22 August 1988) was a Danish musicologist and Haydn scholar.

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John Eliot Gardiner

Sir John Eliot Gardiner (born 20 April 1943) is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, especially the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of 2000, performing Bach's church cantatas in liturgical order in churches all over Europe, and New York City, with the Monteverdi Choir, and recording them at the locations.

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Jordi Savall

Jordi Savall i Bernadet (born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish conductor, composer and viol player.

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Joyce DiDonato

Joyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American opera singer and recitalist.

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Konrad Sasse

Konrad Sasse (3 October 1926 – 22 July 1981) was a German musicologist and Handel scholar.

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Kurt Hübenthal

Kurt Hübenthal (30 November 1918 – 13 March 2007) was a German operatic bass baritone, director and music teacher.

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Leipzig Opera

The Leipzig Opera is an opera house and opera company located at the Augustusplatz and the Inner City Ring Road at its east side in Leipzig's district Mitte, Germany.

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Ludwig Güttler

Ludwig Güttler (born 13 June 1943) is an internationally known German virtuoso on the Baroque trumpet, the piccolo trumpet and the corno da caccia.

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Ludwig Schuster Quartet

The Ludwig Schuster Quartet was a string quartet from Halle (Saale) active in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Magdalena Kožená

Magdalena Kožená, Lady Rattle (born 26 May 1973) is a Czech mezzo-soprano.

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Marc Minkowski

Marc Minkowski (born 4 October 1962) is a French conductor of classical music, especially known for his interpretations of French Baroque works.

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Margarete Herzberg

Margarete Herzberg (10 February 1921 – 29 March 2007) was a German operatic mezzo-soprano.

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Max Schneider (music historian)

Max Schneider (20 July 1875 – 5 May 1967) was a German music historian.

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Mitteldeutsche Zeitung

The Mitteldeutsche Zeitung is a regional daily newspaper for southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Neue Musikzeitung

The Neue Musikzeitung (new music newspaper, also written neue musikzeitung, and abbreviated as nmz) is a magazine focused on classical music.

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Nicholas McGegan

James Nicholas McGegan OBE (born 14 January 1950 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England) is a British harpsichordist, flutist, conductor and early music expert.

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Olaf Koch (conductor)

Olaf Koch (14 January 1932 – 22 August 2001) was a German conductor and Hochschullehrer.

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Paul Goodwin

Paul Goodwin (born 2 September 1956) is an English conductor and former oboist.

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Percy M. Young

Percy Marshall Young (17 May 19129 May 2004) was a British music scholar, editor, organist, composer, conductor and teacher.

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Peter Schreier

Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor.

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Philine Fischer

Philine Fischer, née Franke, married name Sannemüller (1 February 1919 – 22 January 2001) was a German opera and concert singer (soprano).

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Philippe Jaroussky

Philippe Jaroussky (born 13 February 1978) is a French countertenor.

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Pizzicato

Pizzicato (translated as 'pinched', and sometimes roughly as 'plucked') is a playing technique that involves plucking the strings of a string instrument.

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Ragna Schirmer

Ragna Schirmer (born 1972) is a German classical pianist and academic teacher.

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Rüdiger Bernhardt

Rüdiger Bernhardt (born 8 September 1940) is a German Germanist and Scandinavist.

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Romelia Lichtenstein

Romelia Lichtenstein, also Romelia Assenowa-Lichtenstein (12 March 1962 in Sofia) is a German opera, operetta, oratorio, lied and concert soprano.

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Sabine Bauer

Sabine Bauer is a German harpsichordist, pianofortiste and flautist specialising in the repertoire of Baroque music and classical period, adept at historically informed performance, i.e. performance on ancient instruments (or copies of ancient instruments).

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Schweizer Musikzeitung

The Schweizer Musikzeitung (SMZ) is a monthly (9 times a year) music magazine from Brunnen.

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Siegfried Bimberg

Siegfried Bimberg (5 May 1927 – 2 July 2008) was a German composer, conductor and musicologist.

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Siegfried Voß

Siegfried Voß (16 June 1940, in Königsberg – 22 April 2011, in Halle) was a German actor winner of the 1987 Handel Prize presented by the city of Halle.

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Silke Leopold

Silke Leopold (born 30 November 1948) is a German musicologist and university lecturer.

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Staatskapelle Halle

The Staatskapelle Halle is a German symphony orchestra based in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

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Stanley Sadie

Stanley John Sadie (30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor.

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Theo Adam

Theo Adam (1 August 1926 – 10 January 2019) was a German operatic bass-baritone and bass singer who had an international career in opera, concert and recital from 1949.

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Thomas Müller (composer)

Alfred Thomas Müller (born 12 January 1939 in Leipzig) is a German conductor, composer and pianist.

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Thomas Reuter

Thomas Reuter (born 20 January 1952) is a German composer, choral conductor, and a pianist focused on free improvisation.

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Thomas Sanderling

Thomas Sanderling (born October 2, 1942) is a German conductor born in the Soviet Union.

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Trevor Pinnock

Trevor David Pinnock (born 16 December 1946 in Canterbury, England) is a British harpsichordist and conductor.

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Uwe Pfeifer

Uwe Pfeifer (born 14 February 1947) is a German painter and graphic artist.

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Valer Barna-Sabadus

Valer Barna-Săbăduș (born 15 January 1986), also Valer Sabadus, is a Romanian-German countertenor.

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Vivica Genaux

Vivica Genaux (born July 10, 1969) is an American coloratura mezzo-soprano.

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Waldtraut Lewin

Waldtraut Lewin (8 January 1937 – 20 May 2017) was a German writer, dramaturge and stage director.

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Walther Siegmund-Schultze

Walther Siegmund-Schultze (6 July 1916 – 6 March 1993) was a German musicologist.

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Werner Enders

Werner Enders (11 March 1924 – 1 December 2005) was a German operatic tenor and member of the Komische Oper Berlin.

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Werner Heiduczek

Werner Heiduczek (24 November 1926 – 28 July 2019) was a German writer.

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William Charles Smith

William Charles Smith (22 July 1881 – 20 November 1972) was an English musicologist who specialized in musical bibliographies.

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Winton Dean

Winton Basil Dean (18 March 1916 – 19 December 2013) was an English musicologist of the 20th century, most famous for his research on the life and works—in particular the operas and oratorios—of George Frideric Handel, as detailed in his book Handel's Dramatic Oratorios and Masques (1959).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handel_Prize

Also known as Handel Music Prize.

, Konrad Sasse, Kurt Hübenthal, Leipzig Opera, Ludwig Güttler, Ludwig Schuster Quartet, Magdalena Kožená, Marc Minkowski, Margarete Herzberg, Max Schneider (music historian), Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Neue Musikzeitung, Nicholas McGegan, Olaf Koch (conductor), Paul Goodwin, Percy M. Young, Peter Schreier, Philine Fischer, Philippe Jaroussky, Pizzicato, Ragna Schirmer, Rüdiger Bernhardt, Romelia Lichtenstein, Sabine Bauer, Schweizer Musikzeitung, Siegfried Bimberg, Siegfried Voß, Silke Leopold, Staatskapelle Halle, Stanley Sadie, Theo Adam, Thomas Müller (composer), Thomas Reuter, Thomas Sanderling, Trevor Pinnock, Uwe Pfeifer, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Vivica Genaux, Waldtraut Lewin, Walther Siegmund-Schultze, Werner Enders, Werner Heiduczek, William Charles Smith, Winton Dean, Wolfgang Hütt, Wolfgang Hirschmann, Wolfgang Katschner, Wolfgang Ruf, Wolfgang Unger.

Handel Prize, the Glossary

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See also

1956 establishments in East Germany

George Frideric Handel

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