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What was the most likely reason that handel shifted from composing italian opera to composing oratorio?

What was the most likely reason that handel shifted from composing italian opera to composing oratorio?
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What was the most likely reason that handel shifted from composing italian opera to composing oratorio?

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It became so because the English people, including the queen, didn't like and didn't want to listen to Italian, French, German, and similar music. So what they did was started composing oratorios that were popular among the English people.
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