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Handel House Museum
The Handel House Museum is located at 25 Brook Street, London, home to the baroque composer George Frideric Handel from 1723 until his death in 1759. It was here that he composed some of the greatest music in history, including Messiah , Zadok the Priest and Fireworks Music .
The Museum celebrates Handel's life and works, displaying portraits of Handel and his contemporaries in finely restored Georgian interiors and bringing live music back to his house. Listen to extracts from Mozart in the House , a recital recorded in the Rehearsal and Performance Room at Handel House in November 2005.
Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments
The Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments was started in 1894 with a donation from Sir George Donaldson.
Today it features over six hundred instruments, some of which date from 1480.
The collection includes a spinet used by Handel and a clavichord once owned by Haydn.
London Music Museums including the Handel House Museum and Royal College of Music Museum of Instruments.
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