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 | | Alfred Mann: "Missa and Messiah: Culmination of the sacred drama" in A Bach tribute: Essays in honor of William H. Scheide. | | | The theatre, and Handel's music, were still perceived by many ecclesiastics as profane and subversive. | | | David B. Greene: "Handel's Messiah: Music, theology, and ritual" in Soundings: A Music Journal Vol. |
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http://www.gfhandel.org/messiah.htm
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| | Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Messiah (Handel) |
| | In the summer of 1741 Handel, at the peak of his musical powers but depressed and in debt, began setting Charles Jennens' Biblical libretto to music at his usual breakneck speed. | | | The first two parts of Handel's Messiah, as sung by the MIT Concert Choir: | | | Free recordings of Messiah (incomplete) by the MIT choir |
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http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/The_Messiah
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