September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
For English-speaking audiences, Handel’s monumental oratorio Messiah is a perennial favorite. Handel composed the music for his collaborator, Charles Jennens, who wrote the religiously themed text for the work. Astonishingly, it took Handel less than a month to complete the score.1

Since the libretto recounts the biblical story and message of Jesus Christ, Messiah is most commonly heard around the Christian holidays of Christmas and Easter. As an oratorio, it is structurally ...
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