HANDELThe name is always spelt Händel by German writers. It was spelt at first, in England, Hendel. The family-name had been spelt Händel, Hendel, Hendeler, Händeler, and Hendtler, but most correctly Händel (Förstemann, G. F. Haendel's Stammbaum, fol. Leipzig, 1844, very incorrectly quoted by Fétis)., George Frederick, one of the greatest composers the world has ever seen, was born atA woodcut of the house, No. 4 Grosser Schlamme, from a photograph by Klingemann, Mendelssohn's friend, was given...
Handel, George Frederick
(*1685)> COMPOSERS