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George Frideric Handel

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Profession
Composer
Died
Apr 14, 1759
Zodiac
Pisces
Born in
HalleGermany
About
Baroque master known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. He was forever immortalized for "Messiah" from 1742.
Family
His father worked as a barber-surgeon in the court of Saxe-Weissenfels and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. He had to secretly play the clavichord when his family slept, because his father intended for him to study law.

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