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Fountagne, said Handel, 'let us sit down and listen to this piece; I want to know your opinion about it. Down they sat, and after some time the old parson, turning to his companion, said, 'It is not worth listening to; it's very poor stuff. 'You are right, Mr.
Fountagne, said Handel, 'it is very poor stuff; I thought so myself when I had finished it. The old gentleman, being taken by surprise, was beginning to apologize; but Handel assured him there was no necessity, that the music was really bad, having been composed hastily, and his time for the production limited; and that the opinion given was as correct as it was honest."
J. Fountagne, "as I have been told, was an enthusiast in music, and cultivated most of all the friendship of musical men, especially of Handel, who visited him often, and had a great predilection for his society. This leads me to relate an anecdote which I have on the best authority.