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Handel early life...
George Frederick Handel was born on February 24, in Halle, Germany. One of the greatest composers of the late baroque period () and, during his lifetime, perhaps the most internationally famous of all musicians.
Handel was born February 24, , in Halle, Germany, to a family of no musical distinction. His own musical talent, however, expressed itself so clearly that before his tenth birthday he began to receive, from a local organist, the only formal musical instruction he would ever have.
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Although his first job, beginning just after his 17th birthday, was as church organist in Halle, Handel’s musical endencies lay elsewhere.
Thus, in he traveled to Hamburg, the operatic center of Germany; here, in , he composed his own first opera, Almira, which achieved great success the following year.
Once again, however, Handel soon felt the urge to move on, and his instincts led him to Italy, the birthplace of operatic style. He stopped first at Florence in the autumn of In the spring and summe
