Show A t Musical Genius Itself admits that it cannot explain S SCIENCE genius for genius simply is without c. c pla nation Handel was only 7 when he lie insisted on following follow follow- r f in ing his father to the court of Saxe Saxe 1 whose prince hearing him play on the organ in church after the service was over oyer persuaded his father father to give ghe the boy a chance By the time he was 9 he began to compose church services for voices and instruments and did so 50 every week cek for three years But Handel was a tremendous He ordered dinner for three at a n hotel a and d when asked if he would wait for the others replied I am the others othel'S serve sene tho the dinner dinner- and nd he ato ate all nIl of it A story is told of or Handel that while seated at dinner with some ot order ler musicians he exclaimed Oh I have de taught Those about him begged that he lie go into another room and write down de taught lest they lose some won wonderful erful composition composition tion Handel did this several times when one of his friends looked through the keyhole and saw him pouring down some Burgundy which an an anad admirer admirer ad ad- had sent him and he did not wish to share sharo with the others When a singer complained to Handel that the style of his accompaniments distracted ed the attention attention attention atten atten- tion of the hearers from irom the singer to the musician musi cian clan and that if he did not accompany him better he ne would jump up on the harpsichord the piano of that time and smash it Handel replied Fine tell me ine whets when wh l lyou you arc going to do tio that and andI I 1 shall advertise it for more people will come to see cec you jump than to hear you sin sing It is told of Haydn that his first appearance in public was in a procession of the choristers of Hamburg when the regular drummer fell feU ill m and the leader after showing Haydn the stroke had to furnish a hunchback to carry the drum for the 6 old 6 old car Ha Haydn to play Tho The drum is still pr preserved pro pre served cd in the choir of the Hamburg church |