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Allegro Maestoso
(Water Music Suite 2) |
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Said the German-British Baroque
composer, George Frideric Handel. He is famous for his operas, oratorios, and concertos.
He was born in Germany in the same year as Johann Sebastian
Bach
and Domenico Scarlatti. He received critical musical training in Italy before settling in London and becoming a naturalised British subject.
His works include Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks.
He was strongly influenced by the techniques of the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic
Choral tradition.
His music was well-known to Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. |
