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[[Image:George Handel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Balthasar Denner's portrait of Handel (1733)]]

[[Image:George Handel.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Balthasar Denner's portrait of Handel (1733)]]

[[George Frideric Handel]] (1685 - 1759) (German: '''Georg Friedrich Händel''') was a [[German]]-born composer and organist. His works fall within the [[Baroque]] era of Western [[Classical music]]. Handel was, during his lifetime, perhaps the most internationally famous of all musicians. [http://www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp] The legacy of Handel may be found in the dramatic power and lyrical beauty inherent in his [[music]].

[[George Frideric Handel]] (1685 - 1759) (German: '''Georg Friedrich Händel''') was a [[German]]-born [[British]] (since 1727<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/parliamentary-archives/archives-highlights/handel-and-naturalisation/ The UK Parliament Website: ''British Citizen by Act of Parliament: George Frideric Handel'']</ref>) composer and organist. His works fall within the [[Baroque]] era of Western [[Classical music]]. Handel was, during his lifetime, perhaps the most internationally famous of all musicians. [http://www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp] The legacy of Handel may be found in the dramatic power and lyrical beauty inherent in his [[music]].

== List of works ==

== List of works ==

*[http://www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)]

*[http://www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)]