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Which position did George Frideric Handel hold at the Reformed Cathedral in Halle?

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Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music. — George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel, oil on canvas by Thomas Hudson, c. 1736; in the Foundling Museum, London.

George Frideric Handel served as the organist at the Reformed (Calvinist) Cathedral in Halle. He held this position for one year, beginning in 1702, before moving to Hamburg to pursue further professional opportunities.1