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George Frederick Handel, was a German composer and the second son of the second marriage of the pastor Giebichenstein, Halle. Even though Handel liked music, his father didn't.There was a story that Handel stole a clavichord into the house to play music without his father knowing. When Handel played for the duke, the duke convinced his father to let his son study music. What Handel really loved was opera. At the time Italy was the place to learn about that so Handel went to Italy for four years. After he got home to Germany, he was hired as the new court composer for the prince. He wantedtime off to go to England, where people really liked Italian opera. Through a strange set of circumstances, Handel's princely German employer wound up becoming England's king.

Handel's best work was the Messiah and he wrote it in 24 days. The king loved it and stood up for it.

The types of music Handel played was the Water music like. [|//Overture//]//,// [|//Allegro - gigue//], [|//Overture//] //2,// and the Messiah.

Born February 23, 1685 and he died on April 14, 1759.

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