Georg Friedrich Handel was a famous German composer and organist in the 18th century, and an important representative of the Baroque music period. He is one of the rare geniuses and prolific composers in the history of world music.

Handel was born on February 23, 1685 in Halle, Germany. His father was a barber and surgeon, and his mother was the daughter of a clergyman. Handel loved music since he was a child, and he had extraordinary intelligence and sensitivity in this regard. At the age of seven, he already played the organ extremely well. But Handel's father always wanted him to study law and become an excellent lawyer in the future. However, when a Duke of Weissenfels heard the seven-year-old Handel playing the organ, he immediately warned his father and asked him to be careful not to hinder the child's obvious musical ability. From then on, his father's attitude towards Handel's music study changed. He invited Handel to the best music teacher in Halle at that time, the organist Zachau. Under Zhahao's careful education, Handel gradually matured musically. He worked hard to take courses in organ playing techniques and music theory, and wrote a large number of early works.

When Handel was seventeen years old, he began to work as the organist of a church in Halle. At the same time, he also began teaching music courses at a college. By this time Handel had written hundreds of oratorios. In 1703, Handel moved to Hamburg and became a violinist in a local opera house. At this time his first opera was completed and performed. In 1706 he left Hamburg and traveled around Europe, serving as court musician in Hanover. In 1711 and 1712, he visited England twice and achieved great success. He soon became a leader in the British music industry. Later Handel became a British citizen and became a German-British composer.

Although Handel and Bach are both Baroque composers, he is obviously different from Bach. Bach is a famous master of polyphonic music, while Handel focuses more on tonal music. He likes to compose dramatic music and has composed more than fifty operas. Later, he gave up opera creation and studied oratorios, and wrote a large number of oratorios and oratorios. Most of the plots of these oratorios and oratorios were based on stories from the Bible. The works reflected the democratic spirit of the British bourgeoisie at that time. The most famous ones include "Messiah", "The Israelites in Egypt", "Samson", etc. wait.

In addition to composing dramatic works, Handel also wrote a large number of instrumental works. These works have simple and smooth melodies, solemn and powerful styles, and his creative techniques were very bold at the time. Among the famous ones are "Water Music", "Firework Music", Concerto Grosso, organ music and violin music, etc. Although these works have gone through hundreds of years, they still sound so inspiring today, and the beautiful melodies are still uniquely charming and exciting.

Handel is a very important and prominent figure in the history of world music. He is very representative of the times. Many great composers after him were inspired and influenced by his works. Handel became blind in 1791; on April 14, 1759, this great composer and pioneer of European classical music died in London at the age of seventy-four.