IntroductionOver time, the world has seen many great musicians and so much fantastic music. Every composer or musician of great memory has changed the way we think and see the world. They give us new ideas and music is a wonderful way to convey moods and emotions. Each also slightly altered the music itself. Handel was one of the greatest of these figures. He was a superior composer who greatly influenced and expanded music.BackgroundGeorge Frideric Handel was born in Germany, but found his future in England as a composer. Stanley states that: “Handel was a composer in training and temperament… Like Mozart, he possessed in the highest degree the supreme attributes of the musical dramatist” (105-106). What is surprising is that Handel was not raised to be a musician. His father wanted Handel to become a lawyer. He obtained his law degree in Halle in 1702 to fulfill his father's wish. He did this even though he was focused on music (Lang 20). One day, years ago, while his father was taking him to visit the courts, a duke heard him playing the organ and asked his father to train him in music. Handel's father still wanted him to study law, but the young Handel was beginning to have different ideas. After graduating, he traveled to Italy and studied music for a while. After learning what he could of Italian music, Handel set out in search of a place where he could develop his music (Lang 106). He soon found that England was what he needed. There he could become a musician. He had the people and resources to become a virtuoso. Handel was capable of writing amazing and reaching things, as well as creating a bridge between many types of people, with his music. The lifelong habit of improvisation was linked to Handel's method of composition. . He worked quickly... middle of paper... like operas written in English. Handel was also capable of transforming the music of others. He helped England enormously with its musical reputation. “Even as the world has changed, as have theaters, artists and audiences, the appreciation of Handel's operas has come full circle” (Parker). He was truly an exceptional musician. Works Cited Lang, Paul Henry. Georges-Frederic Handel. New York: WW Norton & Company Inc, 1966. Print. Langlois, Jeffrey B Langlois, Geej. “Bach and Handel: their influence on future generations. » Musical anthology. Np January 21, 2008. Web. February 14, 2014. Parker, Mary Ann. “Reception of Handel’s operas, yesterday and today.” University of Toronto Quarterly 72.4 (2003): 850-857. First academic research. Internet. February 5, 2014. Stanley, Sadie Ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1980. Volume 8. Print.