Handel And Bach Research Paper
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Both Handel and Bach were born in 1685, however, Johanna Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany into a musical family and was raised as a Lutheran, therefore causing Bach to write mainly for the church. George Frideric Handel was born in Halle, Germany to a family who was not into music. Handel was an extrovert and did much traveling, while Bach was an introvert who did not travel. G.F Handel is typically described as an international composer after traveling to a multitude of places such as Italy, Hamburg and London. Handel decided to settle in London in 1712; because of this, Handel had English influences in his music and since Bach never traveled, he had only German influences. Thus, their music styles were different. Handel’s style