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Well, welcome back to another episode of Five Minutes in Church History.

On this episode, we are talking about a composer, George Frederick Handel.

And I will resist the urge to have a pun here and say that we are going to get a handle

on handle.

But let's get a handle on handle.

He was born in 1685 in Hala, Germany.

The importance of that year is it was the same year as the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach.

1685 was a great year for the birth of composers, apparently.

And now Bach to Handel and I promise I'm done with puns.

Well, Handel was originally set to be a lawyer, but he loved music and he quickly showed

his prowess as an organist and at composing.

And so he set off to be a musician.

He spent some time traveling around Italy and then he was musician for the elector of

Hanover.

Now, the importance of the elector of Hanover was that he was the heir to the throne of

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