The Composer Who Found His Voice Again
In April 1737, George Frideric Handel collapsed in his London home. A stroke paralyzed his right side and, by some accounts, temporarily clouded his mind....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 1:57-66, 80.
In April 1737, George Frideric Handel collapsed in his London home. A stroke paralyzed his right side and, by some accounts, temporarily clouded his mind. The man whose operas had filled Covent Garden sat silent, his composing hand useless. Physicians offered little hope. London's musical world moved on without him. Handel traveled to the hot springs at Aachen, and there — against all medical expectation — his strength returned.…
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