Apr 26,  · Handel in The Strand Thursday, April 26, - A delightful evening of Handlel's most popular and appealing compositions which also includes Percy Grainger's humorous "Handel in the Strand" composed in

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Handel was born in in Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg (then part of Brandenburg-Prussia), to Georg Händel and Dorothea Taust. His father, aged sixty-three when George Frideric was born, was an eminent barber-surgeon who served the court of Saxe-Weissenfels and the Margraviate of Brandenburg.. Georg Händel (senior) was the son of a coppersmith, Valentin Händel (–), who had emigrated.

Handel in the Strand for piano (singly or massed) and solo strings (violin, optional viola, cello) or string orchestra (vn, va, vc, db) Composer: Grainger, George Percy Aldridge.

Percy Grainger himself said of this piece, " the music seemed to reflect both Handel and English musical comedy as if jovial old Handel were careening down the Strand (London's "Broadway") to the strains of modern English popular music.".

Print and Download Percy Grainger - HANDEL IN THE STRAND - 1 Piano 4 Hands sheet music. Score,Set of Parts sheet music by Percy Aldridge Grainger (): Peter Petrof at Sheet Music Plus: The World Largest Selection of Sheet Music. (S).

Handel in the Strand is a perennial favorite, and well illustrates the wit and invention that brought him wide popularity after he settled in London in Australian-born, but a true cosmopolitan due to his travels in Europe and the U.S., Grainger was an exception to the high-minded seriousness of many of the early twentieth century English.

Handel in the Strand (Grainger, Percy) It is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the EU, or in any country where the copyright term is life-plus years. However, it is in the public domain in Canada (where IMSLP is hosted) and other countries where the term is life-plus years (such as China, Japan, Korea and many others Composer: Grainger, Percy.

Handel in the Strand, designated a clog dance (to be performed with or without actual dancing),is typical, too, in having been redone in various instrumental versions over a period of decades. Grainger composed it in , "for piano and two or more strings, or for massed pianos and string orchestra.".