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Survey of London
… performd several curious Pieces of Musick, compos'd by Mr. Handel, Sig. Hasse, Mr. Arne, Mr. Burgess, etc., in which … the celebrated Fire-Musick, as originally compos'd by Mr. Handel the Fireworks consisting of Fire-Wheels, Fountains, …
Survey of London
… Blushing Rose'a new song by John Lockman, set to music by Handel: 'From Scourging Rebellion and baffling proud France', … was on offer in the 1740s, including songs from Handel oratorios. An organ was installed in the house in 1744 … June 1745: General Advertiser, 17 July 1746: W. C. Smith, Handel: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Early Editions, 1970, …
Old and New London
… of George III. and Queen CharlotteHumility of a KingThe Handel FestivalsOrigin of the National AnthemFurther Grants … for sacred music, to be reminded that the first of those Handel Festivals, which within our own day have become so … large bands. That year had just completed a century from Handel's birth, and twenty-five years from his death. When …
Old and New London
… Butler, Garrick, Camden, Nicholas Rowe, Isaac Casaubon, Handel, Addison, John Gay, Thomas Campbell, Matthew Prior, … thy sprite, Another age shall set thy buttons right." HANDEL'S MONUMENT. This great dramatist and contemporary of … merits reign, Praise is impertinent, and censure vain.'" Handel's monument is the last which Roubiliac lived to …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… with palace etc. Fine. Today is the first day of the great Handel festival at the Crystal Palace. The oratorio of … at Oval. The Queen went to the Crystal Palace today to Handel festival. 18. Drew an ancient gallery, cut up several …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… etc. In afternoon went to museum to carry on a life of Handel which I am compiling; with the intention of trying to get it published for the Handel commemoration which takes place in June. I think …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and was the author of books on vaccination, gout, and Handel, and of a translation of Virgil. 16 George Deane (d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… members, performing large-scale works by Haydn and Handel; the society proved popular, though summer attendance …
A History of the County of York
… at the minster and studied in London as a pupil of Handel and Maurice Greene. As organist, he began the custom …