Handel was born in Germany in the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for July 2018 is Maurice Ravel.

German Baroque composer. One of the most prolific composers in history. He was compared favorably to both J.S. Bach and Handel.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for May 2018 is Ludwig van Beethoven.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for March 2018 is Arvo Pärt.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for March 2018 is Claude Debussy.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for February 2018 is Johannes Brahms.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for January 2018 is Antonio Vivaldi.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for December 2017 is Sir Edward Elgar.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for November 2017 is Camille Saint-Saëns.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for May 2016 is Felix Mendelssohn.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for September 2017 is Sergei Rachmaninoff.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for February 2016 is Aaron Copland.

WMHT's Composer of the Month for June & July 2017 is Frédéric Chopin.