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Christmas Music By Bach And Handel
The article notes that Bach and Handel, born in 1685, created enduring Christmas music and that their works are widely performed every season. It highlights Bach's How Brightly Beams the Morning Star and the Christmas Oratorio, and Handel's Messiah and While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks. Their proximity and lack of meeting are mentioned as an odd historical fact.
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George Frederick Handel