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About 'Pastoral Symphony from Messiah' | |
Artist: |
Handel, George Frideric (biography) |
Born: | 1685
, Halle
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Died: | 1759
, London
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The Artist: | Important composer from the Baroque period who became a British citizen in 1726. He wrote many operas and oratorios, including the popular Messiah. |
| Composed: | unknown |
| Info: Known as Pastoral Symphony, this is actually a movement evoking "the shepherds abiding in the fields" from Georg Friedrich Handel's oratorio Messiah. | |