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George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German-born composer who spent most of his career in London. Born in Halle, the son of a surgeon to the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, he studied in Italy and settled in England from 1712, becoming a British subject in 1727. He wrote Italian operas, the Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks, and English oratorios such as Messiah (1742).
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