The Broken Composer Who Heard Heaven
In the spring of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a ruined man. London's musical establishment had turned against him. Creditors circled. His operas played to...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24.
In the spring of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a ruined man. London's musical establishment had turned against him. Creditors circled. His operas played to empty houses, and a stroke had left his right arm temporarily paralyzed. At fifty-six, the once-celebrated composer was dismissed as yesterday's genius — a stone the builders of London's cultural world had thoroughly rejected. Then a libretto arrived from Charles Jennens, assembled entirely from Scripture.…
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