Show handels life saved by turn of swords point had it not been for the liina large size of a hat flat brass lit button atton on lite coat coal of if acor george e frederick handel H indel the hie sies nes al eilf I 1 might light never hue have been writ tell when handel was vii eighteen lie haq as play playing I 1 ig the harpsichord lit in the lie opera house lit in hamburg germ Cerni nii ally and dl df retting the performances in the nil lit seine of tile regular conductor conduct oi imeln hard haid kelser keiser A young loung J and rival named had written tile opera cleopatra Cleo putni which ans was being produced produce tile the composer himself played pin oil the part of anthony in fit his operia anti lift after er that point in tile the play piny where tile licie hero dies it had been hattlie sons custom to go to the harpst cord and conduct the remainder of the opera kelser keiser the regular conductor did not object to this but young handel wis was moro more obstinate and refused to give up ills his place at the keyboard mattheson was nas indignant and the outcome was vas a duet duel in tile the early hours of the alie following morning swords were the weapons and mat would surely have hae pierced the breast of handel had not the point struck the aforesaid button ahe till messiah was written 38 years later under intense inspiration in 21 days mattheson Is best remembered now for ills his reminiscences of handel andel II lie ile wrote many anecdotes about ills his friend and fellow duell duelist st among anion them the story ston of tile the turned sword point lie ile and blandel went together to collIc compote te for the vacant post of organist when lien handel was vis seventeen and a few years older arrived arrive lit in lubeck they that the successful candidate was ft us expected to the daughter of the retiring organist the hie lady Is not described by but best be states lites that lie and handel made all liate to nee flee the town ton |