12-22-2005, 07:26 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Austin
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Originally Posted by Francesca Lee
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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Handel, right? Isn't he the one that got in a bit of trouble for hanging out in England for so long?
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