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George Frideric Handel was a renowned German-English Baroque composer who was best known for his oratorios, particularly Messiah. He was born in Germany in 1685 to a wealthy father who disapproved of music as a career. Handel established himself early as a successful composer and conductor in Germany and England. In his later career, he found great success with oratorios in England as tastes shifted away from Italian opera. Handel experienced vision loss later in life but remained a hugely influential composer until his death in 1759, after which he was honored with burial in Westminster Abbey.
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- Handel’s father was against him playing music. Handel would sneak in the attic to play his Harpsichord without his father’s acknowledgement. His father died when Handel was 12 years of age, after that Handel played music religiously.
- He moved to Hamburg in 1703 and played in the opera orchestra under Reinhard Keiser (1674 – 1739), and his first opera was produced there in 1705
- He settled in England in 1712.
- Handel was appointed musical director of the new Royal Academy of Music, an opera house that thrived until the public taste shifted away from Italian opera
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- During his last decade he gave regular performances of Messiah, usually with about 16 singers and an orchestra of about 40, in aid of the Foundling Hospital.