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Handel's first biographer, John Mainwaring, wrote in 1760 that this conclusion revealed the composer "rising still higher" than in "that vast effort of genius, the Hallelujah chorus". [130] Young writes that the "Amen" should, in the manner of Palestrina , "be delivered as though through the aisles and ambulatories of some great church".
In Handel’s great chorus, the word is joyous, victorious, accompanied by trumpets and drums. In Sergei Rachmaninoff’s "All Night Vigil," however, hallelujah reflects a more quiet devotion ...
Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell.The oratorio was devised as a compliment to the victorious Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland upon his return from the Battle of Culloden (16 April 1746). [1]
Messiah is not a typical Handel oratorio; there are no named characters, as are usually found in Handel’s setting of the Old Testament stories, possibly to avoid charges of blasphemy. It is a meditation rather than a drama of personalities, lyrical in method; the narration of the story is carried on by implication, and there is no dialogue.
"Hallelujah!" is a 1992 song from Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration, a Grammy award winning Reprise Records concept album. The song is a soulful re-interpretation of the "Hallelujah" chorus from Messiah, George Frideric Handel's well-known oratorio from 1741.
Dec. 4—If the holidays are here, it must be time for the "Messiah." The New Mexico Philharmonic will play Handel's masterpiece in three performances: Friday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 9, at the ...
Misattributed to Handel; by A. Lotti ("Missa Sapientiae"), but copied by Handel c. 1749. 245 Cantata Gloria in excelsis deo Chorus Misattributed to Handel; by A. Lotti ("Missa Sapientiae"), but copied by Handel c. 1749. 269 Amen...alleluja Soprano, Bass D minor 1735-46 Probably intended as a vocal study. 270 Amen Soprano, Bass F major 1735-46
For Messiah, Handel used the same musical technique as for those works, namely a structure based on chorus and solo singing. The orchestra scoring is simple. Although Handel had good string players at his disposal for the Dublin premiere, [6] he may have been uncertain about the woodwind players who might be available.