Courting Gentility: Handel at the Bank of England
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Harris, Ellen T.
Date Issued
August 2010
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Music and Letters
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Oxford University Press
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Harris, Ellen. “Courting Gentility: Handel at the Bank of England.” Music & Letters (2010) 91 (3): 357-375.
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Abstract
Perhaps one of the most surprising events of the 250th anniversary year of
Handel’s death, in both its content and method of delivery, occurred on a BBC Radio 3
program devoted to the composer’s investments: John Keyworth, Curator of the Museum
of the Bank of England, revealed that Handel had opened his first South Sea Annuities
account in 1723, five years earlier than previously known.1 The discovery of this early
investment activity offers important new information about Handel’s investment
practices and their financial outcomes. Further, renewed examination of the records at
the Bank of England has permitted a better understanding of the importance of signed
transfer forms as biographical documents. In publishing this material, I follow the plan
of my earlier article, “Handel the Investor” (Music & Letters 83 [2004], 521-575) in
providing a full diplomatic transcription of the account in Appendix I and a list of the
people with whom Handel had transactions in Appendix II.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Humanities. Music and Theater Arts Section
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