id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 27502 Ball, Thomas Hanly Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864 .txt text/plain 15868 905 76 Before I say of that great composer and extraordinary man whose life I great influence over the mind of a man who considered musicians Piccadilly, the music had been composed by Handel. Anthems of Mr. Handel, to the great pleasure of the company, and amidst For a long time Handel had been wished for in Ireland. Handel was then fifty-six years old! performed at the Music Hall, in Fishamble-street, Mr. Handel's new grand grand Oratorio, the Messiah, was performed in the New Music Hall, in A few days after the performance of the Messiah, Handel waited on Lord Music by Handel._ Yes: this was a man who had done honour to music as much by the nobility "The effect of music on a man should be to strike fire from his soul." this great work, and of which Beethoven many years afterwards still Beethoven, like most great men, had many peculiarities. ./cache/27502.txt ./txt/27502.txt