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- But perhaps England’s most famous composer is not British at all: the German-born George Frideric Handel. And unlike many composers who moved around a lot (think Mozart and Beethoven), Handel liked to stay put. And once he was on his feet financially in London, he rented a newly built house at 25 Brook St.