Thomas Morell and His Letter about Handel Author(s): Ruth Smith Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of the Royal Musical Association, Vol. 127, No. 2 (2002), pp. 191-225 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of the Royal Musical Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3840463 . Accessed: 17/03/2012 11:56 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Royal Musical Association and Taylor & Francis, Ltd. are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of the Royal Musical Association. http://www.jstor.org fournal ofthe RoyalMusical Association, 127 (2002) ? RoyalMusical Association Thomas Morell and his Letter about Handel RUTH SMITH Thomas Morell (1703-84) is known to music scholars chiefly as the librettist of Handel's oratorios Judas Maccabaeus (1747), Alexander Balus (1748), Theodora (1750) and Jephtha (1752). He is also important for having written another signal document: the longest and most detailed surviving first-hand description of collaboration with Handel.1 There is no biography of Morell, and modern accounts depend on the material