6 Legacy 6.1 Veneration 7 See also 8 Primary sources 9 Notes 10 References Early years Handel's baptismal registration (Marienbibliothek Halle) Handel was born in Halle (which was then in the Duchy of Magdeburg , a province of Brandenburg-Prussia ) to Georg and Dorothea (nˆ©e Taust) Hˆ§ndel in 1685, [ 2