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Childhood

George Frideric Handel was born on a cold February day in , deep in the heart of Germany.

His father was a prominent and successful barber-surgeon for the local duke and had determined early on that young George would study civil law.

But George was drawn to things more artistic, especially more musical. He was intrigued by instruments, the sounds they could make and the feelings they could evoke.

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His practical father intervened and forbade him from taking part in what he called “musical nonsense.”

That wasn’t about to stop the determined little youngster. By some unknown means, George was able to get a small clavichord and smuggle it to a tiny room at the top of the house.

Then, at night, while the rest of the family was asleep, George would silently creep up to the room and play music, ever so quietly, late into the night. It was there that Handel discovered the magic of music.

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