Exceptionally full, detailed study of the man, his music and times. Childhood, music training, years in London; analysis of Messiah and other works; much more.

During his lifetime, the sounds of Handel’s music reached from court to theater, echoed in cathedrals, and filled crowded taverns, but the man himself—known

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In 1712, a young German composer followed his princely master to London and would remain there for the rest of his life. That master would become King George II