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Messiah (HWV 56) [1] [n 1] is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel.The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter [n 2] by Charles Jennens.
List of English songs by George Frideric Handel HWV Title Voice Composed Notes Text 226 Hunting Song or The morning is charming Tenor 1743 Voice in treble clef. Autograph, which survives, presented to Legh in 1751 by Charles Legh. Composed in London 228-1 The unhappy Lovers: As Celia's fatal arrows flew Soprano c. 1730 228-2
Messiah is not 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.
Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration is a gospel album by various artists, released in 1992 on Warner Alliance.Executive produced by Norman Miller, Gail Hamilton and Mervyn Warren, it is a reinterpretation of the 1741 oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel, and has been widely praised for its use of multiple genres of African-American music, including spirituals, blues, ragtime, big ...
The Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated as HWV) is the Catalogue of Handel's Works. It was published in three volumes (in German) by Bernd Baselt between 1978 and 1986, and lists every piece of music known to have been written by George Frideric Handel. The catalogue also includes the first few bars of each piece and large amounts of factual ...
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.
Messiah: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project; Georg Friedrich Händel / Messiah (1742) / A Sacred Oratorio / Words by Charles Jennens opera.stanford.edu; George Frideric Handel (1685–1759) / Messiah Simon Heighes, for The Sixteen recording, 1997; Handel Messiah Lindsay Kemp, program notes for Colin Davis recording, 2006
Hallelujah! (gospel song) Handel's Last Chance; Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration; M. Messiah (1999 film) Messiah (Mormon Tabernacle Choir album) Der Messias; R.