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Show Handel aa a Child. George Frederick Ilnmlcl, the son of 11 Saxon barber and valet, wns only llvo years old when his "lingers wooed divine di-vine melodies" from tho spinet, which n good uatured aunt had Miiuggled for him Into an nttlc, so that no sound of it might reach the ears of his father. At eight his playing so nstonlhed tho elector of Saxony thnt his father was compelled to withdraw his opposition and allow the genius of tho boy to havo fair play. And before ho lind reached his twelfth birthday young Handel was known throughout Uer-many Uer-many aa a brilliant composer and virtuoso vir-tuoso at the court of the emperor. London Spectator. |
