George Frideric Handel
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, certainly one of the founding fathers of music, introduced new types of music and affected the many composers who followed him. Handel was born on February 23, 1685 in Halle, a town in Germany. He was a very bright man not only was he a prodigy in music, but he also was trained in law. Handel pla ....
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.... him more insight on music. In 1712, he moved to England where he wrote most of his music. Handel composed music for George I of England including "Water Music."
Handel composed the first London Italian opera ,"Rinaldo". He also developed a new form of opera called English oratorio. It combined the gaiety of Italian opera with an increased amount of chorus, usually in English and religious text. His most famous oratorio is the Messiah. It dealt with the birth, passion, and resurrection of C ....
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