![]() ![]() He stopped first at Florence in the autumn of 1706. Once again, however, Handel soon felt the urge to move on, and his inclinations led him to Italy, the birthplace of operatic style. ![]() Here, in 1704, he composed his own first opera, Almira, which achieved great success the following year. Thus, in 1703 he traveled to Hamburg, the operatic center of Germany. Although his first position, beginning just after his 17 th birthday, was as church organist in Hallé, Handel's musical predilections lay elsewhere. His own musical talent, however, manifested itself so clearly that before his tenth birthday he began to receive, from a local organist, the only formal musical instruction he would ever have. ![]() Handel was in Hallé, to a family of no musical distinction. George Frideric Handel (FebruApril 14, 1759) was one of the greatest composers of the late baroque period and, during his lifetime, perhaps the most internationally famous of all musicians. ![]()
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