Editing George Frideric Handel (section)

=== Homages ===
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After Handel's death, many composers wrote works based on or inspired by his music. The first movement from [[Louis Spohr]]'s Symphony No. 6, Op.&nbsp;116, "The Age of Bach and Handel", resembles two melodies from Handel's ''Messiah''. In 1797, [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] published the ''12 Variations in G major on "See the conqu'ring hero comes" from Judas Maccabaeus by Handel'', for cello and piano. In 1822, Beethoven composed the overture ''[[The Consecration of the House (overture)|The Consecration of the House]]'', which also bears the influence of Handel. Guitar virtuoso [[Mauro Giuliani]] composed his ''Variations on a Theme by Handel'', Op. 107 for guitar, based on Handel's Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430, for harpsichord.

In 1861, using a theme from the second of Handel's harpsichord suites, [[Johannes Brahms]] wrote the ''[[Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel]]'', Op. 24, one of his most successful works (praised by [[Richard Wagner]]). Several works by the French composer [[Félix-Alexandre Guilmant]] use Handel's themes; for example, his ''March on a Theme by Handel'' uses a theme from ''Messiah''. French composer and flautist [[Philippe Gaubert]] wrote his ''Petite marche'' for flute and piano based on the fourth movement of Handel's Trio Sonata, Op. 5, No. 2, HWV 397. [[Argentine people|Argentine]] composer [[Luis Gianneo]] composed his ''Variations on a Theme by Handel'' for piano. In 1911, Australian-born composer and pianist [[Percy Grainger]] based one of his most famous works on the final movement of Handel's Suite No. 5 in E major (just like Giuliani). He first wrote some variations on the theme, which he titled ''Variations on Handel's 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' ''. Then he used the first sixteen bars of his set of variations to create ''Handel in the Strand'', one of his most beloved pieces, of which he made several versions (for example, the piano solo version from 1930). [[Arnold Schoenberg]]'s Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra in B-flat major (1933) was composed after Handel's Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/7.<ref>Auner Joseph H. (1996), "Schoenberg's Handel Concerto and the Ruins of Tradition", ''[[Journal of the American Musicological Society]]'', and also [[Robert Schumann]] tried to compose an additional piece for a theme of Handel in his [[Album for the Young]]. 49: 264–313</ref>