George Frideric Handel & Johann Sebastian Bach

Did George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach live at the same time?

Yes. George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach lived at the same time for 65 years, from 1685 to 1750.^[1][2][3][4]

George Frideric Handel · Johann Sebastian Bach · Born in 1685

George Frideric Handel

1685–1759

Music

Messiah oratorio

Johann Sebastian Bach

1685–1750

Music

Master of Baroque composition

How George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach Are Connected

• Johann Sebastian Bach tried to meet Handel while Handel was visiting Halle, but the attempt failed.^[1]
• Bach tried to meet Handel: in 1719 he traveled to Halle to see him, but Handel had already left town.^[3]
• Bach's failed eye surgery was performed by John Taylor, a surgeon now seen as a charlatan who is believed to have blinded hundreds of people, including Handel.^[3]

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