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BEAUTIFUL ORATORIOS

By MARGARET HILLMAN

The 200th anniversary of the birth of George Frederick Handel, which falls on February 23, recalls some interesting stories about the world-famous, musical composer, whose great pratorios "Messiah,"

oph." "Saul," and "Samson," "Joseph" "Judas Maccabaeus" are still fami- Har to most of us today.

Handel was born in the German town of Halle In 1685, and oven as a child he had a porfect passion for music. His father was quite un- musical, and was so determined that his gifted son should become a lawyer that he forbade -any musical instrument to be brought into the house, and actually burned the small boy's drums and truni- pete.

But at the age of seven the youthful musician, with the aid of a kindly aunt, managed to obtain a clavichord, the precursor of our modern planoforte, and, hiding it in the garret, taught himself to play. Very often the small boy practised for into the night, secure

in the knowledge that the sweet muffled tones of the clavichord could not be heard by the rest of the household.

The following year Handel was taken by his father on a visit to the Duke of Weissenfels, who noticed the boy's great love of music. One day he was allowed to play the organ, and to the amaze. ment of his hearers the eight-year- old boy played with the skill and touch of a master.

DUCAL PATRONAGE The Duke turned to Handel's father and asked if he had never observed that his son was a musical genius Thereafter the Duke offer ed to pay for the boy's musical education, and with his father's reluctant consent he was placed under an eminent organist. The result was that before he reached the mature age of ten Handel was A brilliant instrumentalist and an accomplished composer.

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final entering life's stretch to place his estate in good order.

Mr. Charles R. Henschel, pro- sident of Knoedler gallerles, an nounced he was handling the salo of six paintings from the Morgan collection..

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They are valued at U.S. $1,600,- '000, and it will be the biggest anle of paintings since the Hermitage Museum collection was sold at Leningrad in 1929 and 1930. Henschel handled 25 pictures that group valued at $12,000,000.

Mr. Henschel induced the head of the House of Morgan to part with the paintings by telling him that there is a "Boom market" in: art and they may not bring so high a price again for many years.

The interview between the con- claseur and the 77-year-old finan- cler was described for the United Press by a source close to Morgan. Mr. Hendschel had a painting which he believed Mr. Morgan might buy.

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This answer was: "Yea-if I set the right price.

After deliberation he decided to Bix-among them the Handel was 2 most generous offer benefactor of the Foundling Hos-famous "Anne of Austria," by pital, London, and for many years Peter Paul Rubens and Chirian- guve an annual performance of daio's "Siovanna Tornabuoni." The worth half # "Messiah" in the Foundling Chapel, latter alone is each of which meant an addition million dollars, according to con- of about £500 to the Hospital.noisseurs. Strange as it may seem the trustees of the Hospital discovered that

He was gulded, necording to one Handel had in his will bequeathed a full score and a complete set of close to the financier, by the con parts of "Messinh" to the Hospital, sideration that "perhaps a and they actually petitioned Parlia- too much of his fortune, which is ment, during the composur's life- not as great as the public believes, me, to accord them the sole right was in art; that his years are num- of performing "Mesalah. Handel bered and that as a prudent and was perfectly furious. "The De-business-like man he wishes to vill he erled.. "For what shall leave his estate in the Foundlings put mine oratorio possible condition." in the Parliament? The Devill Mine music shall not go to the

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feit that with Morgan boom market' existing in the present time for paintings of great In 1761 Handel was stricken with value, he would be remiss in his total blindness. Not long after duty to the estate if he did not dis- this terrible calamity-had fallen pose of sonte of the paintings at upon him he was present at a per- this time," said the United Press formance of "Samson," when a disinformant,

In addition to Ruben's "Anne of Austria" tinguished tenor Bang' with great

Ghirlandalo and the feeling the aolo:-

masterpiece, there are two of Frans Hala' portraits Sir Thomas portrait nf Lady Inwson's Elizabeth Farren and Fra Lippo Lippl's "St. Lawrence Enthroned."

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In 1703 when Handel was Hamburg, he and a friend went to Lubeck to compete for the post of organist at the Marienkirk, vacant owing to the retiral of the cele-Parliament."

How- brated organist, Buxtehude. ever, it turned out that Buxtehude had made a stipulation that his successor must marry his only daughter. Neither Handel nor his friend had any inclination to do so, so they made a polite farewell. Handel came to London in 1710, during the reign of Queen Anne, triumphant and continued his career as a composer. One day Handel was rebearsing a song with named A young English singer Gordon, who had the audacity to criticise the composer's method

This was more accompanying. than Handel could stand, and he. told Gordon sharply to mind his own business. Hight words follow- ed, and Gordon finally declared that if Handel persisted in.accompany ing him in that manner he would jump upon his harpsichord and smash it to pieces.

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"Oh," replied Handel, "let me know when you will do that, and I will advertise it; for I am sure more people will come to see you jump than to hear you sing."

THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS, At the first performance of "Messiah," in London in 1743, the great aulence was deeply affected by the music and when it came to the phrase, "For the Lord God Omnipotent." in the Hallelujah Chorus, the whole audience, includ ing the King (George II.) simul- taneously rose to their feet, and remained standing until the chorus

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The touching spectacle of the blind composer sitting beside the organ listening to these poignant words affected the audience so powerfully that many of them burst

into tears.

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In the first weeks of Handel's the quarrel Handel told him that blindness, he was unable to take he was going to put his name in part in the performance hia place of his father's in his with. oratorios, and his surgeon rocom- Young Smith declared that if mended to him a blind musician, Handel did so, he would leave him 18 Town of India.

10 Take a share from the park téa. John Stanley, whose memory was instantly and take no further share 20 Kind of wine. remarkable.. Handel burst out in his oratorio performances, "far,"

22 Engrave in a way. laughing and cried"Have you he added, "what will the world 24 May describe a cock or la spor. never read the Scriptures? Do you think if you set aside my father 20 Much the same as a halo. not remember, if the blind lead and leave this legacy to me?" 27 Fish. the blind, they both fall into the Handel gave in, and a few days ditch 7"

later was reconclled to his old Later on, however, ho found friend. Stanley's-assistance very valuable, George Frederick Handel reach- and after Handel's death the per- ed his journey's end on April 14, formances of his oratorios were 1759, when he passed away after continued by Stanley and Handel's very brief illness,, at the age of old-friend John Christopher Smith. 74, and was laid to rest bealde our dead in Westminster Christopher Smith, or greatest Schmidt, as he was originally call. Abbey.

But Handel's wonderful music ed, had been Handel's closest friend for forty years when they quar- still lives, not for an age, but for

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