![]() ![]() As was the case with many keyboard suites of the time, each of the movements of this suite were inspiried by different kinds of dances and could be used as music for people to dance to. The Passacaglia in G minor was originally a from a keyboard suite for haprsichord that Handel had written in the first half of the 18th century. Handel's love of English music and culture went so far that he even anglicized his name to blend in, changing his German "Georg" to the English "George" and "Händel" to "Handel". ![]() Despite originally being from Germany, Handel is best known as an English composer, as he spent the majority of his career living in Britain. ![]() George Frideric Handel was an influential composer of the Baroque era.
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