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Who influenced Handel?

* Johann Sebastian Bach: Handel and Bach were contemporaries who greatly admired each other's work. While they had different musical styles, each influenced the other's development. Although there were many points of contact between England and Germany in the 1700s, it is not thought that Handel and Bach ever met.[60][61]

* Arcangelo Corelli: Handel's early works in instrumental composition show significant influence from Arcangelo Corelli.[1][62] Corelli's emphasis on harmony, proportion and musical development were all elements that Handel absorbed and expanded in his own music.[1][14][63] This influence is particularly noticeable in Handel's early compositions for strings.[14]

* Alessandro Scarlatti: As his reputation as a composer of operas continued to grow, Handel was strongly influenced by the compositional techniques of Alessandro Scarlatti. During his time in Italy, he studied Scarlatti's music thoroughly, and elements of Scarlatti's style began to appear in Handel's own works.[1][64]

* George Frideric Handel: Handel was the musical opposite of his son. Whereas Handel was conservative, his son was an innovator. The younger Handel was the leader of the "Old" Bach Society in London, which specialized in the performance of the more abstruse works of Handel. He edited some of his father's works, but only in the manner of his time, such as adding more ornamentation to arias.

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