Handel, George Frideric b 23.02.1685 d 14.04.1759

Prince Fabricio Ruspoli, a descendent of Francesco Maria Rusoli, Prince of Cerveteri, Handel’s main patron during his years in Italy, married Hilda Margery Butt, a niece of AE Rodewald, a well known Liverpool Musician (see also Elgar).  The 300^th Anniversary of this period coincides with festivities in Liverpool over the period 2007-2008.  Handel, wrote mainly cantatas during this period.  Later, in England, Handel became a noted benefactor of the Foundling Hospital in London which is associated with the Bluecoat Hospital in Liverpool.  This is now the home of the Bluecoat Society of Arts.

Grove 01; Taylor p 74; Cecilia

For full list of compositions and references see Grove 01