1707 |
I'm in Rome now, where I'm constantly getting commissions from three big name cardinals here, Carlo Colonna, Benedetto Pamphili, and Pietro Ottoboni. I'm excited because my opera "Vincer se stesso I ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:53:00 GMT |
1706 |
I am finally in Italy. The food is great. The Prince of Tuscany visited me while I was in Hamburg and begged me to come to Italy. He said I could learn a lot in Italy. I said I'd do it, but on my ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:46:00 GMT |
1703 |
I have left Halle to go study in Hamburg under two of the greats, Reinhard Kaiser and Johann Mattheson. I'm learning alot from these cats, they're teaching me alot about Opera and early Baroque music...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:40:00 GMT |
1759 |
Hey this is Handels good friend James Smyth. I am sad to report that my friend Handel has passed away. He was a good, pious man who loved God first and his music second. The world will be greatly impa...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:52:00 GMT |
1742 |
Well my sight has mildly recoverd, but not fully. In more exciting new I am about to premier what could possibly be my greatest work ever "Messiah". This will be a massive achievement for my choral li...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:44:00 GMT |
1737 |
I know it's been a few years since I last blogged, but I've been so busy and so stressed. Anyways, so recently I just had a stroke, according to the doctors. This is a devistating blow to my music bec...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:39:00 GMT |
1710 |
Well I feel that I have learned all that I can from Italy, and I am currently in England. Italians were starting to get on my nerves anyways, I mean honestly Rocky Balboa is not the greatest boxer. I ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:29:00 GMT |
1708 |
That vacation was much needed. I am now back in Rome and I am about to premier my newest Oratorio "La resurrezione", for those of you who do not know what that means, it means The Resurrection. I...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:21:00 GMT |
