Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
“Does not… the ear of Handel predict the witchcraft of harmonic sound?” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It was from Handel that I learned that style consists in force of assertion. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Handel understands effect better than any of us -- when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The first choral music I remember hearing was Handel's 'Messiah' when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast it over the radio. — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every Englishman believes that Handel now occupies an important position in heaven. If so, le bon Dieu must feel toward him very… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it's… — Cecilia Bartoli Copy Share Image
There is nothing more profane than the image of an atheist with tears in his eyes conducting the glory and passion of… — Frank Schaeffer Copy Share Image
An aria in an opera - Handel's 'Ombra mai fu,' for example - gets along with an incredibly small number of words… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
The only work that can be compared to Chopin's Etudes, innovatively, where every note is essential and one becomes completely exposed, is… — Carlo Grante Copy Share Image
The King walks. He nods. His glance is like God's touch - under it all things spring to life. A wave of… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“Having considered Handel's tumultuous opera career and his first term at Covent Garden in the 1730s, perhaps we may dare to suggest… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
“Handel's yearning for independence from the traditional chains of patronage and his persistence in monitoring his productions resulted with unique developments concerning… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
Take a Nicodemus and put a Joseph Smith's spirit in him, and what do you have? Take a Da Vinci or a… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Music has always been a part of my spiritual seeking, from the moment that Handel's 'Messiah' gave me the experience when I… — George Ogilvie Copy Share Image
You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look… — Isaac Mizrahi Copy Share Image
I'd like to get something together - like a Handel, Bach, Muddy waters, flamenco type of thing. If I could get that… — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
I never listen to music when I am writing. It would be impossible. I listen to Bach in the mornings, mostly choral… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
In a thousand voices singing the Hallelujah Chorus in Handel's "Messiah," it is possible to distinguish the leading voices, but the differences… — Jane Addams Copy Share Image
Herein is the explanation of the analogies, which exist in all the arts. They are the re-appearance of one mind, working in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
His (Swami Vivekananda) words are great music, phrases in the style of Beethoven, stirring rhythms like the march of Handel choruses. I… — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
