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From: Ronald Gillen (gillen@NCONNECT.NET)
Date: Thu May 13 1999 - 04:57:11 PDT


A family that lives down the street from me are Handels
(I live in a Germanic community)  but he makes
wrought iron, a lost art.
At one time the Handels were an outrageously prolific family in
Germany and most made their living through music.
It was a common phrase in Germany at that time to say
"get a Handel" for "get a musician".
Just thought that I would add that little interesting
factoid.

Regards ----- Ron Gillen
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Sinclair Hart wrote:
>
> Wondering what Handel you sang!
>
> Judith Bone wrote:
>
> > Hello there
> >
> > Yes you do exist! Its raining cats and dogs here in Warwickshire - but
> > everything is very green. Off to sing a bit of Handel now.
> >
> > Good wishes
> > Judith Bone, Warwick District U3A, UK


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