Learn about Messiah by George Frideric Handel. Learn about its composer, examine the creation of Handel's Messiah, and review its famous Hallelujah...
Handel's Messiah (composed 1741, performed since 1742) includes a first aria for tenor, Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted (I.3), in which Charles Jennens, Handel's Brit librettist and benefactor, reworked Isaiah 40:4 from the King James Bible and Book of Common Prayers (1662 edition). ...
**An eye-opening reexamination of Handel's beloved religious oratorio** Every Easter, audiences across the globe thrill to performances of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus," but they would probably be appalled to learn the full extent of the oratorio's anti-Judaic message. In this pioneering study...
doi:10.1111/heyj.12239_25TAINTED Glory in Handel's Messiah: The Unsettling History of the World's Most Beloved Choral Work (Book)MARISSEN, MichaelHANDEL, George Frideric, 1685-1759NONFICTIONMadigan, PatrickHeythrop Journal
sdidacticThree-Part Inventionsfor keyboard, calledSinfonienin the 1723 copy, and the orchestral “Pastoral Symphony,” a quasi-descriptive interlude inGeorge Frideric Handel’sMessiah(composed 1741), said to have been based on an Italian shepherd bagpipe tune and very much in the tradition of ...