Handel, George Frederick (1685–1759), composer, was born 23 February 1685 in Halle, the son of Georg Händel (1622–97), a barber-surgeon to the court of the duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. From c.1692–3 the young Georg Friederich received a thorough musical education (keyboard…
Collins, Paul
Harrison, Frank Llewelyn
Harrison, Frank Llewelyn (1905–87), musicologist, organist, and composer, was born 29 September 1905 in Dublin, the second son of Alfred Francis and Florence May Harrison. He became a chorister at St Patrick's cathedral in 1912, occasionally playing the organ for cathedral…
Rooke, William Michael
Rooke, William Michael (1794–1847), violinist and composer, was born 29 September 1794 in Dublin, the son of John Rourke (or O'Rourke), a Dublin tradesman. As a youth he played a variety of wind and stringed instruments and joined an orchestral society. He also studied harmony, and…