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than the famous —— of Leipfic, who was at this 
es at Hambur 
feat < the avira a journey after whch every man of genius 
fo ardently pants. He ftaid fome time at Florence, where 
he compoted the opera of «* Rodrigo.” . 
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The next ai he vilited was Rome, where - had an 
ee of hearing compofitions and performers of the 
firit c Here the elder Scarlatti and. Gafparini had 
Proughit seal mufic to great perfe€tion, and Corelli, inflru- 
mental. At cardinal Ottoboni’s, ¥ whom Handel was 
greatly carefled and patronized, he had Sa the ad- 
vantage of hearing the nat — and elegant Corelli — 
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aie to mufic, ‘totally different from the little Englith 
drama, written by Gay, which he fet in 1721, for the duke 
of Chandos 
a he: returned to Germany, on quitting Italy, at the 
Jatter su ihe 1709, or te beginning of 1710, the firft place 
at which anover; where he found a muni- 
» as well as facilitated his 
to the fmiles of hi patron, the elector, who 
of 1 a crown condition 
fen 
where — had a flattering recepti om the 
dictior a: who, likewrfe, wi to retain him in his 
t befides the engagement into which 
eleGtor of ‘seer: ti 
It was at the latter end of the year 1710, that he arrived 
England ; his reception was as t 
flattering to him 
‘hacsurale to the nation, at this time no lefs fuccefsful in 
mufic, which he fir 
exalted and 
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indifputable merit 
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Lact iteale 
ments 
learned. brou ore 
> planted, and lived. (fee grow to avery owing 
The eft Uhcex vec years of this period 1 parm ors as * 
-earlof Burlington’s, a — whofe talte an Fide, 
former, he returned to Hanover, on a promifle made’ to his 
moft powerful Englith friends to revifit this kingdom again, 
as foon as he could obtain permiflion of his electoral P 
nefs and patron. About the end of the year 1712, t 
permiffion was granted for a limited wey And we find Gs 
s Pafter Fido,’’ and. * Thefeus,’’ the lift of Italian 
operas, brought on rie Englifh Rage, aan ae the fol. 
lowing ye ar: and-in 1715, ** Amadige,” or Amadis 
Gaul,”’ 
Not long after this lacond arrival in London, the’ peace 
of Utrecht having been brought to a conclufion, Handel 
was preferred to all others, feemingly without a murmur 
from native raion - people the hymn of gratitude and 
triumph on the occa Envy, though outrageous ti 
noify at the fuccefs a7 cana oes is ftruck.dum 
and blind by  excefs of fuperiority. e grand “ Te 
Deum’’ and “ Jubilate,’’ which he fet on - eccafion, 
were compofed with fuch force, a fa ans inftrument , 
had never- heard before. - Puree! 
and expreflion of ae words, i ie 
others ; but in grandeur and rich- 
the opera ; fo that-the multiplicity of bufinefs, and the many a 
protectors and friends he met with in England, a little im- 
comp it with refpe& to 
continental conneStions ; and he feemed to think of nothing 
- o Hanover till after the death of queen 
eae en his maje George 
Enelnd, fe ved him 
Handel, ‘coekiaes of his ane el in refpect and gr 
tude to a prince who honou with fuch flattering 
marks of approbation and able diurft not approach the 
court, till by the ingenuity and friendly interpofition of ba- 
ron Kilmanf fegge, he was reftored to favour in the following 
ner: The king, foon after his arrival in thefe king- 
advifed to compofe fome pieces exprefsly for 
t ormance of which he fecretly —— ina 
that accompanied the royal barge. gt 
compofitions, which have been fince fo well ‘Eee “A 
juftly celebrated under the title of the « Water-Mufic,’ is 
majetly, equally fi 
eagerly enquired sed was the author o _—_ 
— aoe oe that they were 
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urprifed and “pleafed by their 5 when te 
ee tae ee toss t ee two 
a year te that which had been previonfly 
meen 3 and not many year ater, when cy 
emp oyed to Seen. the young —— - all 
me, valne aoe wees the former 
From the - a 3715 to 1720, we fin in the 
