This volume contains contributions on Händel''s life, works and legacy. Among other articles, the volume also includes the texts of the festival lectures of 2010 and 2011 and of a symposium on the perception of Händel in France.With contributions by Ilias Chrissochoidis, Anselm Gerhard, Wilhelm Gloede, Eike Christian Hirsch, Wolfgang Hirschmann, Arnold Jacobshagen, Beverly Jerold, Joachim Kremer, Hans Joachim Marx, Wolfgang Sandberger, Herbert Schneider, Michael Talbot, Steffen Voss, Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann, Monika Woitas.