故事可參考BBC 的
George Frederick Handel BBC Documentary Part 4 of 5
The Foundling Hospital, which continues today as the children’s charity Coram, was established in 1739 by the philanthropist Thomas Coram to care for babies at risk of abandonment.
A seaman, a composer and painter, and the moving story of the charity they started 270 years ago. It is a recipe of art and care, which still looks after kids today. Coram, Handel, Hogarth, what’s not to love?
~Grayson Perry CBE, 2010 Foundling Fellow
Foundling Hospital Anthem - Wikipedia
The Foundling Hospital Anthem (HWV 268), also known by its longer title "
Text: adapted from the King James Bible
Performers: Children of the Chapel Royal
Date: 27 May 1749
2014/03/13 - George Handel's oratorio is Britain's best-loved choral work. But without its links to the Foundling Hospital, we might never have known it, says Caro Howell.
The composer George Frideric Handel was one of the noted philanthropists of the eighteenth century, using his reputation as the leading composer to support charitable causes. He was a benefactor of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first ...
Instrumental in helping Coram realise his vision were the artist William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel, who helped establish the Hospital as one of London's most fashionable venues. Hogarth encouraged leading artists of
2018/09/20 - The composer George Frideric Handel was born in Halle in Germany in 1685 but took up residence in London in ... using his reputation as a leading composer to support charitable causes, such as the Foundling Hospital, ...
2019/06/21 - Blessed are they that considereth the poor and needy: the Lord will deliver them in time of trouble, the Lord preserve them and comfort them. They deliver the poor that crieth, the fatherless and him that hath none to help him.
