The Messiah; An Oratorio, Composed in the year 1741 by George Fredrick Handel
Boston and New York: published by Firth & Hall. 1857. Binding: Contemporary quarter leather over paper boards, flat spine, title on upper board, upper and lower board with decorative ink ruling.
, Notes: A newly arranged edition for the piano forte, or organ, by John Bishop. In this edition the vocal parts are given complete, and the most important of the instrumental parts (including those added by Mozart, contained in an accompaniment.
Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the Coverdale Psalter, the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere nearly a year later. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.
George Friderick Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born Baroque composer becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi and organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque.
, Size: Folio. , Category: Book Musical;. Worn, upper board detached, otherwise very good.
. Item #B6539
Binding: Contemporary quarter leather over paper boards, flat spine, title on upper board, upper and lower board with decorative ink ruling.
, Notes: A newly arranged edition for the piano forte, or organ, by John Bishop. In this edition the vocal parts are given complete, and the most important of the instrumental parts (including those added by Mozart, contained in an accompaniment.
Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the Coverdale Psalter, the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere nearly a year later. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.
George Friderick Handel (1685–1759) was a German-born Baroque composer becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi and organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque.
, Size: Folio. , Category: Book Musical;.
Price: $375.00