Round Five 9  Crusader Cup 2005  Round Five  Toss-Up #1  While a violinist for the opera house in Hamburg, he composed the first of his fifty operas, which would include _Xerxes_ and _
Round Five 9  Crusader Cup 2005  Round Five  Toss-Up #1  While a violinist for the opera house in Hamburg, he composed the first of his fifty operas, which would include _Xerxes_ and _Giulio Cesare_. The Kapellmeister to the future George I of England, he settled permanently in England in 1712, and twelve years later he was commissioned to compose four anthems for the coronation of George II. It is for his oratorios, however, that he is most famous. For ten points, identify this composer of the Messiah.
Round Five 9  Crusader Cup 2005  Round Five  Toss-Up #1  While a violinist for the opera house in Hamburg, he composed the first of his fifty operas, which would include _Xerxes_ and _
Handel