Carey, and Bordoni, 160 his three wives, 119 Paymaster-General during Marlbor- Caroline, Princess (daughter of George at her mother's deathbed, 238 death of, 236 funeral of, 240 urges George II to remarry, 239 Chandos Anthems, the, 121 See also Carnarvon Chandos Te Deum, Handel's, 118 overthrow of, 295 Chichester, Bishop of, attends funeral of Queen Caroline, 240 Choruses, Handel's favourite, 282 38, 40, 45. 49, 53, 61, 64, 80 his farce, The Rival Queens, 164 appears in a pirated version of Acis and Galatea, 198, 226 sings in Samson, 278 Cibber scandal, the, 261 et seq. Cibber, Theophilus, and his wife, 262 et seq. Clark, Richard, chorister of Chapel Royal, a canard by, 120 Claudius, Keiser's, 48 Clavering, J., extract of letter from, to Clavichord, the, Handel's compositions Clayton, Thomas, his music for Rosa- Cleopatra, Mattheson's, 52, 53 280, 281 Clive, Mrs, sings in Samson, 278 Colman, as librettist of Ariadne, 213 Colubrano, Prince di. See Alvito Conti appears in London, 233 Coram, Captain, founder of Foundling Corelli, Arcangelo, 67, 71, 72 Cornaro, his mistress, and Porpora, 207 Coxe, and the early transcriptions of "Critica Musica," Mattheson's, 46, 51 Daily Journal announces Handel's first Daily Post, and Handel's health, 233 D'Ambreville, Leonore, 155 David, E., biographer of Handel, 33, 97, Davies, Thomas, "Life of Garrick," 217 Handel raises price of admission to, royal patronage for première of, 203, Deidamia, and its librettist, 265 a pen-picture of Anastasia Robinson, and coronation of George II, 170 and Strada, 179, 185 criticises libretto of Alcina, 225 Denner's portrait of Handel, 329 Dettingen Anthem, 285 Dettingen, Battle of, 284 Dettingen Te Deum, martial music of, de Veil, Colonel, 279 Devil to Pay at St James's, Arbuthnot's Devonshire, Duke of, 273 Dibdin, his tribute to Mrs Arne, 276 Dixit Dominus, Handel's, 62 Dreissig, Fräulein, marries Dr Michael- Dreyhaupt, 12, 23, 28, 39, 40 Drury Lane company migrate to Handel's reception in, 273 Handel and, 276 (note) EARTHQUAKE shocks in London, 313 tions of, 31 (note) Egmont, Earl of, 193, 194, 203, 221 221, 237, 238, 239 "Ehren-Pforte," Mattheson's, 44, 46, 49, 51, 53, 54, 113 Einstein, Dr Alfred, an interesting dis- Eisleben, copper mines of, 4 Elbing centenary sonata, 235 del Pò, husband of Strada, 234. 236, England at war with Spain, 259 245 English music in 1703-4, 50 Nero, 55 an open letter and poem to Heideg- Firework Music, Handel's, 277, 308 del treasures in, 112, 257 (note), 335 Florence, Rodrigo produced in, 62 Floridante, Handel's, 142 Florindo, Handel's, 58 Flower, Newman, and the Foundling Hospital organ, 311 (note) Handel collection of, 112 (note), 257 his original letter of Nicolini, 87 (note) Foote rebukes Rich, 217 Foundling Hospital, the, former name of, 309 Handel and, 282, 309-11 Hogarth and, 309, 311 Foundling Hospital Anthem, the, 310 Frasi, Giulia, 299, 300 founds Ritter Akademie, 38 essays to see his dying mother, 236 founds "Opera of the Nobility," 207 friction with his father, 152, 158, visits Vauxhall Gardens, 246 et seq. Funeral Anthem, Handel's, 240 GAGE, LADY, and the Herbert scandal, Galli, Signora, meteoric life of, 288 and the musical education of Bor- Gaston de' Medici, Prince. See Medici gives a performance of Haman, 194 produces Polly, 177 Geheimen Staats Archiv, 36 George I, amours of, 103 et seq., 107 et seq. and the Academy of Music, 122 declining years of, 109 et seq. George II, a two years' sojourn in and Handel, 170 et seq., 231, 278 and the Peace celebrations, 305 et seq. coronation of, 169, 170 death of his son, 321 his wife's illness and death, 237 et leads his troops into battle, 284 quarrels with the Prince of Wales, 152, 158, 169, 206, 231, 236 Germany, revisited by Handel, III Giulio Cæsare, production of, 151 Gizzi, D., trains Conti, 233 Glauchau, suburb of, 21 Gluck, his tribute to Handel, 334 Godolphin, Countess of, 105 W Golden Viol, The," Ludgate Hill, 131 HAARLEM, Mattheson offered organist's post in, 50 Hackman shoots Miss Ray, 288 a performance of Susanna at, 303 an epidemic of plague in, 15 Handel as temporary organist at the Handel's last visit to, 316 in time of G. F. Handel's childhood, 21 industries of, 27 insanitary conditions of, 8 musical tastes of people of, 21 passes from Saxony to Brandenburg, puritanical puritanism in, 24 student life (1702) in, 39 the Kühlebrunnen, 26 the Liebfrauenkirche in, 19, 20, 22, 30 Halle Barbers' Company sue C. E. Halle Grammar School, 24 281 Handel's emotion while composing, "Hallische Schul-Historica," 41 (note) Gates' surprise for Handel, 194 version of Passion performed in, 115 Hamburg Opera House, Handel as Hamilton, Newburgh, and the libretto Handel, George Frideric- of Saul, 251 his libretto for Samson, 271 entry Street, Haymarket, 131 Handel, Dorothea (mother), 124 and the sale of her husband's prac- blindness of, 81, 181 training of her children, 37 Handel, Dorothea Sophia,marriage of,81 Handel, George (father of George a charge of intrigue against, 13 apprenticed as barber-surgeon, 6 death of his wife, 14 difficulties with Governors of Halle hands licence of Yellow Stag to town his calling as barber-surgeon, 6 marries his master's widow, 7 second marriage of, 16 selfishness of, 23, 24 skill as barber-surgeon, 27 summoned to appear before Town Council, 10 Surgeon-in-Ordinary to Augustus of Handel, George Frideric, a benefit con- cert for, 245 a curious condition attaching to a a poem to the memory of his father, accident to, 316 accompanies George I to Hanover, III an eventful birthday, and its sequel, an unproduced mystery work of, 257 and Mrs Cibber, 188, 198, 262, 264, 272, 300 and Quin, 190, 198 and the Cuzzoni-Bordoni quarrel, and the Smiths, père et fils, 112, 113 at the Berlin Court, 33 et seq. becomes a British subject, 159 birthplace of, II cause of his ultimate change from charges of plagiarism against, 285 declares Cuzzoni to be a "she- difficulties with his singers, 335 et seq. dunned by debtors, 233, 236, 243, 244 engaged to an unknown maiden, 132 entrée into London musical circles, 89 experiences in Dublin, 273 320 faced with serious losses, 289 |