John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopaedia of Music… (1880)
“ Babell died a young man, about the year 1722, having shortened his days by intemperance. It seems the fame of Babell's abilities had reached Ham-burg, for Mattheson says he was a pupil of Handel ; but in this he is mistaken, for Handel disdained to teach his art to any but princes. ”
