Music Of The Great Composers --

Georg Friedrich Handel-Part 10 Handel in London Arrived in London, Handel was requested to write for the Queens' Theater an Italian opera, the subject being Rinaldo, in Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered. The poet of the libretto, Rossi, was given so little time that he prefixed his work with the following letter: I implore you, discreet readers, to consider the speed with which I have had to work, and if my performance does not deserve your praise, at all events do n..