George Frideric Handel
23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759
German-born British Baroque composer famous for his operas, oratorios, and orchestral works, above all the oratorio Messiah.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with George Frideric Handel.
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) Overlapped 74 years →
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) Overlapped 74 years →
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) Overlapped 72 years →
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762) Overlapped 70 years →
- George Berkeley (1685–1753) Overlapped 68 years →
- Montesquieu (1689–1755) Overlapped 66 years →
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Settled permanently in London
1712
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Premiered the Water Music on the River Thames
17 July 1717
Performed for King George I during a royal barge trip on the Thames.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Became a naturalized British subject
1727
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