Music Of The Great Composers --

Georg Friedrich Handel-Part 3 A visit to the Duke of Sachsen-Weissenfels, undertaken by his father, brought an unexpected turn in the lad's life. The Duke, after listening to the organ playing of little Georg Friedrich, then not yet eight years old, declared to the father that for such a manifestation of genius the boy ought not to be restrained, but rather encouraged and allowed to study music systematically with the view of devoting his life to it. Old Doctor Handel..