Actually two great composers were born in the same year as Handel -one was Johann Sebastian Bach and the other was Domenico Scarlatti -there were probably dozens of less important ones born in that year -1685 I think.
Composer Births in 1685
March 21 - Johann Sebastien Bach
October 26 - Domenico Scarlatti
December 12 - Lodovico Giustini
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
George Frideric Handel
Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695) was born in Germany. Johann Sebastian Bach was the youngest of and most famous of his eleven children.
Cesar Cui (Lithuanian composer) Eduard Strauss (Austrian composer) Henryk Wieniawski (Polish composer) Felix Draeseke (German Composer) Camille Saint-Saens (French composer)
Both JC Bach (Johann Christian Bach) and CPE Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) were composers during the Classical era.
Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of the Baroque Era - Born - 21st March, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany Died - 28th July, 1750 in Leipzig, Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany. He died on July 28, 1750.
Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695) was born in Germany. Johann Sebastian Bach was the youngest of and most famous of his eleven children.
Cesar Cui (Lithuanian composer) Eduard Strauss (Austrian composer) Henryk Wieniawski (Polish composer) Felix Draeseke (German Composer) Camille Saint-Saens (French composer)
Both JC Bach (Johann Christian Bach) and CPE Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach) were composers during the Classical era.
Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of the Baroque Era -Born - 21st March, 1685 in Eisenach, GermanyDied - 28th July, 1750 in Leipzig, Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of the Baroque Era - Born - 21st March, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany Died - 28th July, 1750 in Leipzig, Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Handel and Domenico Scarlatti were all born within an 8-month period in 1685.
Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach was born on March 21, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany. He died on July 28, 1750.
German composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was born on March 31, 1685 (March 21 on the Julian calendar then in use). He died at the age of 65. The year 2018 marks the 333rd anniversary of his birth.
Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of the Baroque Era - Born - 21st March, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany Died - 28th July, 1750 in Leipzig, Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of the Baroque Era - Born - 21st March, 1685 in Eisenach, Germany Died - 28th July, 1750 in Leipzig, Germany