Don Satz wrote: >This isn't a significant matter, but I always assumed than Handel was a >German composer who happened to write many works while living in England. >Did he change his citizenship? Was anything like this done formally during >the 1700's? Handel was a German-born composer who wrote music while living in England. Eventually, he applied for and, I believe, was granted English citizenship in or around 1727. Wes Crone <[log in to unmask]>