George Frideric Handel,
born on 23 February 1685, was a German-British Baroque composer well known for
his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos. Handel
received his training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy
before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and
became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both
by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the
Italian Baroque. In turn, Handel's music forms one of the peaks of the "high
baroque" style, bringing Italian opera to its highest development,
creating the genres of English oratorio and organ concerto, and introducing a
new style into English church music. He is consistently recognized as one of
the greatest composers of his age.
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