Okay...here's a classical composer to look at:

I was born in Germany, 1685
Though born in Germany, I probably made most of my name for myself in London, England where he came to dominate the English music-making “scene”. I composed a large number of operas, but these did not tend to do so well, prompting me to shift to the oratorio form.

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