The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10
= v Musls


In cbtuay, i7ti. the manages nf ihc Haymsrke, theater. ia London, an nauns cd the speedy production ei a nes Italian opera called aRinaldo and A,,n,- da Inc manager justfiicd thIs k,nd al entertainment, by assuring ,hc ptbl't that Il E.se "to tNn aenses an equal pieasale, sinec the scenery would afford irast tp. the eye. and the mus,, to the car Al dtson ildis uled this announs cuient. pat u,uiaIly the abAatday oi attempting ta entertain an English audience m a Ian xuagc they could not understand. The pubil, however, took a different viea of the matter Inc theatre was eto~dsd nlgh, aiter nigh,. and the opera ed aith the gtcstcst applause. he com Inlsef ~ n :. young t.etuan, thapei-ina tcI and uI sanisl to the eIc5toi II ffsn5- yer. a stranger in London. on leave al absence He sas much gtatthed sith hla remarkable sua GesA among the In slish people. but thought Il ta,lei tid.c- alons ,ha, ihe p1bhsher of the nusle should gam Ii.5do ly has @"rk, and ,ht oomposci only hi,y gulneas.
 He took Il n good part, hoscsef, and remarked ,o the publlshet one day My dear sir. as il is only rgh, that ec should be on aa equal footing. you shaIl com poAe the nes. opera, and wili sell 1t
 Of thus talented composer fcderiek Groves, writes, "of all the glofous names inseribei an ,h- foll of master musician. not one. pcrhsps. IS more revered or more familiar ,o the Engi,sh people, ei,het b, lal, name ot 1ofks, than that of George Frederick II tidel Nearly two hundred years have rolled by since hr penned hia heavenly mclodlcs. and ye, they always tome ,o our ears as fresh and as welcome ss spiing flowers"
 Handel ~as born on ihe l]d of febru- asy, ios5, a, Halle, In Sasony fin father determined that he should be ed us ated for the law. bu, "thc bes, lad plans of pice and men oi, gang a-gley, and a, ], very early age the ehiid esins ed ssia h wonderful. talent ior nusif that the grave old dortof al length consented tn give up his cherished plan and pefmi, h,s son to study music. Al the age oi seven. he could perform nn the clasiei and organ in a surprising manner. He was plae ed under ,he tuition of tredcfict ZackAn, organist of the cathedral in Ii HaIle During his ninth year he com, ppSru utNtrt AHo ottfrI pt<sts "uFfi were sang m the cathedral. Aiies ,wo years study. the eonscienuous master dee Jared 'hA, his pupil knew more than ! he ,lid h.mseif. and zds,sed hum to go to l;erlsn. There to study other models and sn id,yb ~s ind him ereailng great sensA,.on among the tesnPoseTs and or. g4ststs oi that eIty
 Tn the year i6o3 lafter the death of hii fa,herl he set out for Hamburg and ob- ,zined All Appoinimen, .n the ofsefz-house ofcheaifa A yIolnis,. Hert his hrs' drznaiie work was produced, and ~aa played A, the German opers-hoase ~ril unbounded applause fof thirty coaseeu- i tise nights. In i7o6 he visited Italy, d.. l feo,ing h,s steps hfst to the city Of | lof enee, where he wrote and produced hi, opera Rodengo,7 which gained for hin great reyute and favor among the Flor en,nes. From Florence he m0xd on ta i yelice, where he was mos, enthusiAsiis ally received by such musicians as Scar iaiti. Caesperini, Corelii and o.hers. foI the senctians he produced his -Aggrip- pima" an opera which brought him fesh , ianfels. For thirty oonsec uti.c represen- i4lions the theatre ~as crammed, and re' sounded wiih deafening cnes Of . Lon. { ii.e ihe dear Szxon.T In i7oo he began i h.s homez ard journey greatly benefited