Today I learned on Nostr: TIL Handel ghosted his employer the Elector of Hanover by taking unauthorized leave ...

TIL Handel ghosted his employer the Elector of Hanover by taking unauthorized leave to England and never returning. In 1714, the Elector became King George I of England, then commissioned Handel to write Water Music for a boat party on the Thames.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel
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