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George Frederic Handel was born on February 23rd, 1685 in Halle, Germany.
乔治·弗雷德里克·韩德尔于1685年2月23日在德国哈雷出生。
Unlike most composers of his time, Handel did not inherit his desire to be a musician from his family.
与他那个时代的大多数作曲家不同，韩德尔想成为音乐家的愿望并非源自他的家族。
In fact, music was strongly discouraged and disapproved of.
事实上，当时的人们强烈反对和不认可音乐。
It is said that he would study music alone at night by candlelight.
据说他晚上会在烛光下独自学习音乐。
His father instead urged him to study law, which he did at the University of Halle.
然而，他的父亲敦促他学习法律，他也确实去哈雷大学学习了法律。
This, however, lasted only one year as in 1703 Handel left school to become a violinist in an opera orchestra in Hamburg, Germany.
然而，这只持续了一年，1703年，韩德尔离开学校，在德国汉堡的一个歌剧管弦乐队当上了小提琴手。
Best known for his Italian operas and religious oratorios, Handel also produced a number of fine instrumental works such as Water Music and Firework Music,
韩德尔最著名的是他的意大利歌剧和宗教清唱剧，他还创作了许多优秀的器乐作品，如水上音乐和烟花音乐，
which was composed to accompany a firework display held in London.
这些音乐是为在伦敦举行的焰火表演而创作的。
Performed in churches all around the world during Christmas and Easter, Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” is the only composition of its time that has been performed continuously since its first appearance.
在圣诞节和复活节期间，韩德尔的清唱剧《弥赛亚》会在世界各地的教堂中上演，它是唯一一部自首次出现以来一直被连续上演的作品。
The most well-known piece today from Messiah is the choral number “Hallelujah Chorus”.
今天源自《弥赛亚》最著名的作品是合唱部分“哈利路亚合唱团”。
After an unsuccessful, and perhaps very painful, attempt at eye surgery to cure his cataracts, Handel was left blind for the last 7 years of his life.
经历了一次不太成功、可能还非常痛苦的眼科手术之后，韩德尔在生命中最后的7年失明了。
This, however, did not prevent him from continuing to play the organ, or even from composing, as he would dictate compositions to a secretary who would inscribe the music for him.
然而，这并不妨碍他继续演奏管风琴，甚至不妨碍他作曲，因为他会向秘书口授乐曲，由秘书为他题写乐曲。
George Frederic Handel died on April 14th, 1759 in London England.
1759年4月14日，乔治·弗雷德里克·韩德尔在英国伦敦去世。
