Johan Halvorsen arranged a version this composer's Passacaglia in G minor for viola and violin.
Johan Halvorsen arranged a version this composer's Passacaglia in G minor for viola and violin. One of this composer's works features the "Hailstone chorus," and is usually performed as its second and third movements, "Exodus" and "Moses' Song." His works are organized by HWV numbers, and he composed "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" for his oratorio Solomon. The aria "Ombra mai fù" is known as his "Largo." Another of his oratorios is set to a libretto by Charles Jennens, and includes the choruses "I know my redeemer liveth" and "For unto us a child is born." For 10 points, name this German-born Baroque composer of Israel in Egypt, who wrote the "Hallelujah chorus" for his oratorio Messiah.
Johan Halvorsen arranged a version this composer's Passacaglia in G minor for viola and violin.
George Frideric {Handel} [or Georg Friedrich {Haendel}]