Question: Composer George Frideric Handel  played the glockenspiel and was influenced by what composers?
Context: The keyboard glockenspiel (French: "jeu de timbre") or organ glockenspiel is an instrument consisting of a glockenspiel operated by a piano keyboard.  It was first used by George Frideric Handel in the oratorio "Saul" (1739).  It was also used in the 1739 revivals of his "Il Trionfo del Tempo" and "Acis and Galatea", and the next year in "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato".  Half a century later, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart employed a "strumento d’acciaio" in "The Magic Flute" (1791) to represent Papageno's magic bells, and this instrument is believed to have been a keyboard glockenspiel.  This part is nowadays sometimes taken by a celesta.  Maurice Ravel preferred the keyboard version of the instrument because it can play a true ff dynamic for brilliance and iridescence in orchestral climaxes.  In the late 20th century, the firm of Bergerault began manufacturing a three-octave (F2–E4) mallet instrument with a damping mechanism operated by a foot pedal, which is capable of dealing with the wide range called for in contemporary scores. Valentino Urbani (born in Udine; "fl."  1690–1722) was an Italian alto castrato who sang for the composer George Frideric Handel in the 18th century.  He was known by the stage name Valentini.  He sang the role of Eustazio at the première of Handel’s "Rinaldo", the role of Silvio at the premiere of "Il pastor fido", and the role of Egeo at the first performance of "Teseo".  His powers of singing seem to have been limited and by the time of his Handel roles his voice was declining but he is reputed to have been a fine actor. Gaetano Berenstadt (7 June 1687 – buried 9 December 1734) was an Italian alto castrato who is best remembered for his association with the composer George Frideric Handel.  Berenstadt created roles in three of Handel's operas. Berenstadt's parents were German and his father was timpanist to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.  By the end of his 27-year-long career Berenstadt had sung in 55 dramatic works, 33 of which were newly composed. George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; born Georg Friedrich Händel ] ; 23 February 1685 (O.S.) [(N.S.) 5 March] – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel received important training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalised British subject in 1727.  He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition. The Handel Music Prize, in German Händel-Preis, is an annual award, instituted in 1956, which is presented by the city of Halle, in Germany, in honour of the celebrated Baroque composer George Frideric Handel.  It is awarded, "for exceptional artistic, academic or politico-cultural services as far as these are connected with the city of Halle's Handel commemoration".  The prize consists of a diploma, a gold and enamel badge, and 10,000 euros in prize money and is presented during the annual Handel Festival, Halle. Armonico Consort is a British company founded in 2001 by conductor (music) and organist Christopher Monks, which specialises in producing performances of Renaissance music and Baroque music.  In 2002 the company oversaw the creation of a series of academies designed to provide choral training for schoolchildren.  The company’s period musicians and instrumentalists have an international reputation in the field, and its partners and collaborators have included Sir Willard White, Dame Emma Kirkby, and Dame Evelyn Glennie.  Armonico Consort is known for its innovative productions, most notably its 2005 production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy-Queen and its performances of Mozart’s Magic Flute at the Barbican Centre in London in 2007.  In 2012 Armonico Consort’s opera, Too Hot To Handel, featuring the music of Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, attracted highly positive reviews from critics.  Choirs from Armonico Consort’s academies will perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2013. The Handel House Museum is a museum in Mayfair, London dedicated to the life and works of the German-born British baroque composer George Frideric Handel, who made his home in London in 1712 and eventually became a British citizen in 1727.  Handel was the first occupant of 25 Brook Street, which he rented from 1723 until his death there in 1759.  Almost all his works after 1723, amongst them many of his best-known operas, oratorios and ceremonial music, were composed and partially rehearsed in the house, which contained a variety of keyboard instruments, including harpsichords, a clavichord and a small chamber organ. Israel in Egypt (HWV 54) is a biblical oratorio by the composer George Frideric Handel.  Most scholars believe the libretto was prepared by Charles Jennens, who also compiled the biblical texts for Handel's Messiah.  It is composed entirely of selected passages from the Old Testament, mainly from Exodus and the Psalms. Handel is a crater on Mercury.  It has a diameter of 166 kilometers.  Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976.  Handel is named for the British-German composer George Frideric Handel, who lived from 1685 to 1759. An Act for naturalizing Louis Sekeyhaye, George Frederick Handel, and others (13 Geo.  I), later given the short title of Handel's Naturalisation Act 1727, was a 1727 Act of the Parliament of Great Britain with the intent of naturalising and granting British citizenship to German-born composer George Frideric Handel and other foreign citizens.
Answer: Italian Baroque