George Frideric Handel

             George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685- 14 April 1759) was a German, later British baroque composer
   who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ
   concertos. Handel received critical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712;
   he became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers
   of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.