A colleague once asked me whether there was anything worth knowing about George II, a figure who does not even feature in that immortal guide to British history 1066 and All That other than that ...

Handel wrote Zadok the Priest for the coronation of King George II in 1727. Amazingly the piece ... Handel then spotted an opportunity in England. There were very few composers here and the ...

George II was the only son of George I and Sophia and was born at Herrenhausen in Hanover, Germany, on 30th October 1683. In 1705 he was naturalized an English subject and succeeded his father as king ...