Introduction Over time, the world has seen many great musicians and great music. Every well-remembered composer or musician changed the way we think and see the world. They give us new ideas and music is a wonderful way to convey moods and emotions. Each also slightly changed the music itself. Handel was one of the greatest of these men. He was a superior composer who influenced and expanded music widely. BackgroundGeorge Frideric Handel was born in Germany, but found his future as a composer in England. Stanley states that: “Händel was by training and temperament a composer… Like Mozart he possessed in the highest degree the supreme attributes of the musical dramatist” (105-106). The surprising thing is that Handel was not raised to be a musician. His father wanted Handel to become a lawyer. He graduated in law in Halle in 1702, to fulfill his father's wish. He did it even though he was intent on music (Lang 20). One day years earlier, when his father took him to visit the courts, a duke heard him playing the organ and asked his father to train him in music. Handel's father still wanted him to study law, but now the young Handel began to have different ideas. After graduation, he traveled to Italy and studied music for a while. After learning what he could from Italian music, Handel set out to find a place where he could expand his music (Lang 106). He soon discovered that England was what he needed. There he could have become a musician. He had the people and resources to become a virtuoso. Handel was able to write extraordinary things and reach and bridge different types of people with his music. The lifelong habit of improvising was linked to Handel's method of composition. He was a quick worker... middle of paper... like works written in English. Handel also managed to transform the music of others. It helped England greatly in its musical reputation. “Although the world has changed, as have theaters, artists and audiences, the appreciation of Handel's works has come full circle” (Parker). He was truly an exceptional musician. Works Cited Lang, Paul Henry. Giorgio Frideric Handel. New York: WW Norton & Company Inc, 1966. Print.Langlois, Jeffrey B Langlois, Geej. "Bach and Handel: Their Influence on Future Generations." Musical anthology. Np Jan. 21, 2008. Web. Feb. 14, 2014. Parker, Mary Ann. "Reception of Handel's Works, Then and Now." University of Toronto Quarterly 72.4 (2003): 850-857. Academic Research Premiere. Network. February 5, 2014.Stanley, Sadie Ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan Publishers Limited, 1980. Volume 8. Print.