George Frideric Handel

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attic after everyone was asleep and he'd
play it until he finally mastered it. The instrument could not be heard
through the closed doors. When he was about twelve, he went to Berlin to
study and while there he became well-known for playing the Harpsichord.
Handel's parents wanted Handel to grow up in the profession of law, but
music was in Handel's blood. When Handel's father soon realized this, he
sent Handel away to study in Berlin. In Berlin, Handel was taught under the
great composer Frideric Wilhelm Zachau.

One of the great influences on Handle was while he was writing the
Messiah in three weeks. Handle, before writing the Messiah, had rented a
theatre for his own use, and though he had some successes, he had more
failures. He was bankrupt twice through his opera business. If Handel had
been more successful with his with his operas, we would never have had the
grand oratorios for which his name is most famous for now. This is because
when he had exhausted himself with the ...

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