The King’s Return; Handel’s Re-establishment at the Chapel Royal

Abstract

Abstract The waves of political, social, and domestic pressures at the British court that had swept Handel away from the Chapel Royal after 1714 brought him back again in the 1720s. Much can only be surmised about the forces involved, but the route of Handel’s return to the occasional life of the Chapel can be established in relation to the wider background of contemporary court history and musical activity in London.