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George Friedrich Handel {1685-1759} George Friedrich Handel was born, Georg Friedrich Handel. He was born in Halle, Germany in 1685. He is considered by many as the best baroque composer to have lived. While it was his fathers wish that he study law, he reluctantly allowed Handel to study music. When he was just seven he began to study music with Friedrich Willhelm Zachow, the church organist in Halle. This was to be Handel's only formal musical training. In 1703 Handel moved to Hamburg, the center of opera in Germany. It was Hamburg that he received his grounding and love of opera. However Handel loved to travel and in 1706 moved to Italy for three years before returning to England where his opera