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Show he lost thousands of pounds running opera at Covent Garden, Handel died worth 20,000 a sum, allowing for the difference in the value of money, equal to -00,000 nowadays. Handel Died a Rich Man. Ilandol, for whom the kaiser has lieon expressing his admiration, made more money from his works than any composer before his time. For a "Te Deum" and a "Jubilate," written to celebrate the Treaty of Utrecht, he was awarded a pension of 200 a year. Thi3 was doubled by George I. jioon after hlB accession, and confirmed confirm-ed by George II., bo that Handel drew the pension until his death, in 1759. Altogether for these two compositions! Ilandol recolved 18,800. Although |