George Fredrick Handel was a musician. He loved music, his dad told him that he would not get enough money as a musician, but Handel he knew what he liked, he liked Music! His dad was a doctor and his brother worked at a castle. One day when Handel was around seven his dad wanted to go see his son. So he rode of to the castle. He said Handel was too young to come and that he would get in the way, but Handel wanted to come so when the coach had went four miles his father decided to look and the beautiful view, he looked out and saw Handel running right behind the coach! Handel said he wanted to come. So his father let him in with a little sigh.
When he got older he composed lots of operas and he did an oratorio, its name was the Messiah (an oratorio is not an opera it isn't acted out and it is taken from the bible. Oratorio means to pray in Latin). He did this oratorio after he was failing and he wanted to go back home to Germany, but before he went to Germany he wrote this song. It was a huge success he stayed at England. He died in 1759.
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