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  "name": "George Frideric Handel",
  "description": "George Frideric Handel appears once in our Baroque list, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
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      "whyItMatters": "Written in twenty-four days, to a libretto assembled entirely from scripture, for a Dublin charity. Handel wrote for the theatre and it shows in the best possible way.",
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