Handel (disambiguation)

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Handel usually refers to George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), a German/British Baroque composer.

Handel may also refer to:

Organisations referring to G. F. Handel

• Handel Choir of Baltimore
• Handel House Museum
• Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis, the catalogue of Handel's works
• Händel-Gesellschaft, a society that produced an edition of the works of George Frideric Handel between 1858 and 1902
• Handel and Haydn Society, an American chorus and period instrument orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts
• Handel Society of New York, a musical organization that presented concert and semi-staged performances of operas and oratorios by George Frideric Handel from 1966-1974
• Handel Music Prize, presented by Halle, Germany, in honor of the composer

Places

• Handel, Saskatchewan, a village in Canada
• Handel Ice Piedmont, Alexander Island, Antarctica
• 3826 Handel, a small main belt asteroid

Business

• Handel Architects, a firm founded in New York in 1994
• Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt, an ice cream parlor franchise
• Handels or Swedish Commercial Employees' Union

Other uses

• Handel (name)
• HANDEL, the UK's National Attack Warning System in the Cold War
• Handel-C, a programming language
• Handel Gothic, a sans-serif typeface
• Sir Handel, a character from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Handel, Herbert Pocket's nickname for Pip in the novel Great Expectations
• Handel Medallion, presented by the City of New York to individuals contributing to the city's intellectual and cultural life

See also

• Ida Haendel (born 1928), Polish violinist
• Handle (disambiguation)
• Handler (disambiguation)
• Hendel
• Hendl
• Hendler