Handel's Triumph from the Deathbed
In the spring of 1737, George Frideric Handel suffered a devastating stroke that paralyzed his right side. Doctors in London declared his career finished. The...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Corinthians 15:55-57.
In the spring of 1737, George Frideric Handel suffered a devastating stroke that paralyzed his right side. Doctors in London declared his career finished. The greatest composer in England, they said, would never play or write again. Death and defeat seemed to hover over everything he had built. Yet Handel recovered — stubbornly, remarkably — and returned to his work.…
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