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  2. List of compositions by George Frideric Handel - Wikipedia

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    List of incidental music by George Frideric Handel HWV Title Premiere Venue Notes 43 The Alchemist: 14 January 1710 Queen's Theatre, London Instrumental music for the revival of Ben Jonson's play The Alchemist. An arrangement, by an anonymous composer, of music from Handel's opera Rodrigo. 44 Comus: June 1745 Ludlow Castle, Shropshire

  3. Messiah (Handel) - Wikipedia

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    He was certainly devoted to Handel's music, having helped to finance the publication of every Handel score since Rodelinda in 1725. [24] By 1741, after their collaboration on Saul, a warm friendship had developed between the two, and Handel was a frequent visitor to the Jennens family estate at Gopsall. [21]

  4. Joy to the World - Wikipedia

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    Händel was a native German and a Lutheran before he moved to England and most likely was familiar with his denomination's hymnic repertoire. In addition, it is known Mason was a great admirer and scholar of Handel's music, and had in fact become president of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society in 1827 [12] and was also an editor for them. [13]

  5. Messiah Part II - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Wikipedia

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    Handel's tune in Judas Maccabaeus. An uncommon arrangement of the hymn to the tune "See, the Conqu'ring hero comes" from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus, normally associated with the hymn "Thine Be the Glory", is traditionally [17] used as the recessional hymn of the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

  7. The Surprising Origins of Popular Christmas Songs - AOL

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    Rudolph’s story didn’t really become world-famous for another decade, until May’s brother-in-law Johnny Marks wrote the musical version that Gene Autry sang and the song topped the charts in ...

  8. Structure of Handel's Messiah - Wikipedia

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    The solos are typically a combination of recitative and aria. The arias are called Airs or Songs, and some of them are in da capo form, but rarely in a strict sense (repeating the first section after a sometimes contrasting middle section). Handel found various ways to use the format freely to convey the meaning of the text.

  9. Messiah Part I - Wikipedia

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    Handel used four voice parts, soprano, alto, tenor and bass in the solo and choral movements. The orchestra scoring is simple: oboes, strings and basso continuo of harpsichord, violoncello, violone and bassoon. Two trumpets and timpani highlight selected movements, for example in Part I the song of the angels Glory to God in the highest.

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