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The Second Jubilee In Commemoration Of Handel.
THE SECOND JUBILEE IN COMMEMORATION OF HANDEL .
THE intended Grand Musical Festival in honour of this celebrated composer having been suggested by his Majesty , and likely to take place shortly , it may not be uninteresting to our readers to carry them back to the former jubilee of 1784 , a period of fifty years . On that occasion the . profits were very bountifully applied in aid of two public charities , wliich we hope will partake again as largely , at least , of public
liberality on the ensuing festival . His Majesty has directed the sum of £ 500 to be contributed , in his name , towards this desirable object . The Festival is to consist of four performances and four public rehearsals . The directors are Earl Howe , Earl Denbigh , Lord Cawdor , Lord Belfast , Lord Burghersh , Lord Saltoun , Sir B . Stephenson , and Sir Andrew Barnard , who have appointed Mr . Parry , the composer , their Assistant
Secretary . The ivhole of the musical arrangements are under the direction of Sir George Smart . AVe shall , in the first place , proceed to give some account of the fife of George Frederick Handel , and afterwards describe the interesting particulars of the jubilee of 1784 . George Frederick Handel was born at Halle , a city in the circle of
Upper Saxony , on February 24 , 1684 . His father was a physician and surgeon at that place , and was more than sixty years old when this son was born ; he had also one daughter by the same wife , and a son by a former marriage , who was a domestic to the Duke of Saxe-AVeisenfels , and resided at his court .
The destination of Mr . Handel by his father , was to the law , but a superior propensity to music rendered every effort of his father to attach him to legal pursuits ineffectual . He is said , when forbid to touch musical instruments , to have found means to get a little clavichord conveyed into a room at the top of his father ' s house , to which he constantly resorted as soon as the family retired to rest , and , astonishing
as it ivill seem , without any rules to direct his finger , or any other instructor than his own ear , he found means to produce from the instrument both melody ancl harmony . At the age of seven years , by perseverance and resolution , he may be said to have compelled his father to take him on a visit to his brother at the court of Saxe-AVeisenfels , where he was allowed to indulge his fondness for music without interruption . By the recommendation of the duke , his inclination was no longer opposed ; and on his return to
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Second Jubilee In Commemoration Of Handel.
THE SECOND JUBILEE IN COMMEMORATION OF HANDEL .
THE intended Grand Musical Festival in honour of this celebrated composer having been suggested by his Majesty , and likely to take place shortly , it may not be uninteresting to our readers to carry them back to the former jubilee of 1784 , a period of fifty years . On that occasion the . profits were very bountifully applied in aid of two public charities , wliich we hope will partake again as largely , at least , of public
liberality on the ensuing festival . His Majesty has directed the sum of £ 500 to be contributed , in his name , towards this desirable object . The Festival is to consist of four performances and four public rehearsals . The directors are Earl Howe , Earl Denbigh , Lord Cawdor , Lord Belfast , Lord Burghersh , Lord Saltoun , Sir B . Stephenson , and Sir Andrew Barnard , who have appointed Mr . Parry , the composer , their Assistant
Secretary . The ivhole of the musical arrangements are under the direction of Sir George Smart . AVe shall , in the first place , proceed to give some account of the fife of George Frederick Handel , and afterwards describe the interesting particulars of the jubilee of 1784 . George Frederick Handel was born at Halle , a city in the circle of
Upper Saxony , on February 24 , 1684 . His father was a physician and surgeon at that place , and was more than sixty years old when this son was born ; he had also one daughter by the same wife , and a son by a former marriage , who was a domestic to the Duke of Saxe-AVeisenfels , and resided at his court .
The destination of Mr . Handel by his father , was to the law , but a superior propensity to music rendered every effort of his father to attach him to legal pursuits ineffectual . He is said , when forbid to touch musical instruments , to have found means to get a little clavichord conveyed into a room at the top of his father ' s house , to which he constantly resorted as soon as the family retired to rest , and , astonishing
as it ivill seem , without any rules to direct his finger , or any other instructor than his own ear , he found means to produce from the instrument both melody ancl harmony . At the age of seven years , by perseverance and resolution , he may be said to have compelled his father to take him on a visit to his brother at the court of Saxe-AVeisenfels , where he was allowed to indulge his fondness for music without interruption . By the recommendation of the duke , his inclination was no longer opposed ; and on his return to