Writer: Edward J. Dent

Produced by Stan Goodman, and Distributed Proofreaders HANDEL BY EDWARD J. DENT CONTENTS _Chapter_ I Birth and parentage--studies under Zachow at Halle--Hamburg--friendship and duel with Mattheson--_Almira_--departure for Italy. _Chapter_ II Arrival in Italy--_Rodrigo_--Rome: Cardinal Ottoboni and the Scarlattis--Naples: Venice: _Agrippina_--appointment at Hanover--London: _Rinaldo_. _Chapter_ III Second visit to London--Italian opera--George I and the _Water Music_--visit