George Frederick Handel: Musician

Handel, like Schuetz originally began studying law, but left it to work on operas. He traveled to England, where he eventually became a British subject. Handel worked on many different projects for private clients, but as time passed and the opera fell out of popularity he began to work on oratorios. These oratorios were large scale works that centered around a religious theme to be sung by soloists and a choir. Handel's most famous oratorio is The Messiah. Most of Handel's compositions were for the theater and not the church, but they still deal with religious themes.

Today we pray for all who make music, a renewed appreciation of music as a gift of God, and for God to raise up new musicians for the church and His people.