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__George Frideric handal__  George Frideric Handel was born on the 23 of February in1685 and died on april 14 in 1759. He was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music. He received critical musical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy before settling in London (1712) and becoming a naturalised British subject in 1727. Handel is regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time, with works such a music music for fireworks,and //Messiah// remaining popular.

Within fifteen years, Handel, a dramatic genius, started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera, but the public came to hear the vocal bravura of the soloists rather than the music. In 1737 he had a physical breakdown, changed direction creatively and addressed the middle class. As //Alexander's Feast// (1736) was well received, Handel made a transition to English choral works. After his success with missauh (1742) he never performed an Italian opera again. Handel was only partly successful with his performances of English Oratorio on mythical and biblical themes, but when he arranged a performance of //Messiah// to benefit the hospital (1750) the critique ended. The pathos of Handel's oratorios is an ethical one. They are hallowed not by liturgical dignity but by the moral ideals of humanity George was most blind, and having lived in England for almost fifty years, he died and re and rich man.