Music in the Royal Collection
Many members of the royal family were talented musicians
Concert programmes, mainly of music by Handel, in the handwriting of King George III
c. 1780-1820RCIN 1140980
George III gave many concerts of Handel's music in the Queen's Presence Chamber, often writing out programmes in his own hand. Handel's original music manuscripts were in the king's music library in c.1773 and are now in the British Library.