Thursday, October 28, 2010

Baroque Music Assignment



George Frideric Handel was born on February 23rd, 1685 Thuringia, Germany. His father always wanted him to follow into the lifestyle of law, but he had a heart for music. When he was 18 he traveled to Hamburg to take a job at the Hamburg Opera as a private violinest teacher. In that same year the first two of Handel's operas were produced, Almira and Nero. In 1706 Handel traveled to Italy and ended up spending three years in Florence, Rome, Naples, and Venice and got a job with Marquis Francesco Ruspoli(the prince) as a household musician where most of his most famous Italian works were composed.
The music that I've chose by George Frideric Handel is okay. I don't really prefer it because I'm not a huge fan of classical music, but I do think it's interesting.

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