Getting a Handel on Haydn...

I stole this amusing title from an interesting article here. You see, this year is the 250th anniversary of the death of Handel, and the 200th anniversary of the death of Haydn, so you are likely to see these great composers popping up everywhere.



Of course George Frideric Handel (above) is the composer of the oratorio, The Messiah. There are a couple of interesting recent posts about him here and here; the first has musical examples and an audio piece from NPR.


And Papa Haydn, as he was known, was an amazing composer as well. Get a handle on Haydn at the link above, along with links to interesting Haydn events, or you can Haydn-go-seek at MacLeans here.