<Tr> <Th> Resting place </Th> <Td> Westminster Abbey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Signature </Th> </Tr> <P> George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ ˈhændəl /; born Georg Friedrich Händel German: (ˈhɛndəl) (listen); 23 February 1685 (O.S.) ((N.S.) 5 March)--14 April 1759) was a German, later British, baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos . Handel received important training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalised British subject in 1727 . He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and by the middle - German polyphonic choral tradition . </P> <P> Within fifteen years, Handel had started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera . Musicologist Winton Dean writes that his operas show that "Handel was not only a great composer; he was a dramatic genius of the first order ." As Alexander's Feast (1736) was well received, Handel made a transition to English choral works . After his success with Messiah (1742) he never composed an Italian opera again . Almost blind, and having lived in England for nearly fifty years, he died in 1759, a respected and rich man . His funeral was given full state honours, and he was buried in Westminster Abbey in London . </P>

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