Handel's Messiah
Handel's Messiah

Author: Calvin R. Stapert

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Published: 2010-10-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780802865878

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Handel s oratorio Messiah is a phenomenon with no parallel in music history. No other work of music has been so popular for so long. Yet familiarity can sometimes breed contempt and also misunderstanding. This book by music expert Calvin Stapert will greatly increase understanding and appreciation of Handel s majestic Messiah, whether readers are old friends of this remarkable work or have only just discovered its magnificence. Stapert provides fascinating historical background, tracing not only Messiah s unlikely inception but also its amazing reception throughout history. The bulk of the book offers scene-by-scene musical and theological commentary on the whole work, focusing on the way Handel s music beautifully interprets and illuminates the biblical text. For anyone seeking to appreciate Handel s Messiah more, this informed yet accessible guide is the book to have and read. (Handel s Messiah: Comfort for God s People is the newest volume in the flourishing Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies Series, edited by John D. Witvliet.)

Handel's Messiah and His English Oratorios
Handel's Messiah and His English Oratorios

Author: Ben Finane

Publisher: Continuum

Published: 2009-03

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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This is Handel's massive drama of human redemption and the most popular oratorio in the history of Western music. After 250 years (1741), it has the power to move listeners spiritually and musically. Drawing from both Testaments, Handel's Messiah has spawned groups of listeners dedicated to its performance. Musically, Messiah ranges from madrigal to aria, with an unvarying transparency of expression, imbued with humility and grace.

Tainted Glory in Handel's Messiah
Tainted Glory in Handel's Messiah

Author: Michael Marissen

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2014-04-15

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0300206992

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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, respected musicologist Michael Marissen examines Handel’s masterwork and uncovers a disturbing message of anti-Judaism buried within its joyous celebration of the divinity of the Christ. Discovering previously unidentified historical source materials enabled the author to investigate the circumstances that led to the creation of the Messiah and expose the hateful sentiments masked by magnificent musical artistry—including the famed “Hallelujah Chorus,” which rejoices in the “dashing to pieces” of God’s enemies, among them the “people of Israel.” Marissen’s fascinating, provocative work offers musical scholars and general readers alike an unsettling new appreciation of one of the world’s best-loved and most widely performed works of religious music.

G. F. Handel: Messiah (SATB/Piano)
G. F. Handel: Messiah (SATB/Piano)

Author: Watkins Shaw

Publisher: Novello & Co Ltd.

Published: 1999-08-01

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1783230584

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G. F. Handel: Messiah, a sacred oratorio arranged for SATB with piano part, is presented here by Novello, edited with piano reduction by Watkins Shaw.

The Making of Handel's Messiah
The Making of Handel's Messiah

Author: Andrew Gant

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781851245062

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The first performance of Handel's 'Messiah' in Dublin in 1742 is now legendary. Gentlemen were asked to leave their swords at home and ladies to come without hoops in their skirts in order to fit more people into the audience. Why then, did this now famous and much-loved oratorio receive a somewhat cool reception in London less than a year later? Placing Handel's best-known work in the context of its times, this vivid account charts the composer's working relationship with his librettist, the gifted but demanding Charles Jennens, and looks at Handel's varied and evolving company of singers together with his royal patronage. Through examination of the composition manuscript and Handel's own conducting score, held in the Bodleian, it explores the complex issues around the performance of sacred texts in a non-sacred context, particularly Handel's collaboration with the men and boys of the Chapel Royal. The later reception and performance history of what is one of the most successful pieces of choral music of all time is also reviewed, including the festival performance attended by Haydn, the massed-choir tradition of the Victorian period and today's 'come-and-sing' events.

Handel's Oratorio
Handel's Oratorio

Author: Edward Cuthbert Bairstow

Publisher: London : Oxford University Press ; H. Milford

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13:

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Messiah
Messiah

Author: George Frideric Handel

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9780060217792

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An illustrated edition of the libretto for Handel's popular choral work.

The Messiah
The Messiah

Author: George Frideric Handel

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2015-09-21

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781343370401

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