Facsimile of the autograph score in the British Library London-The first performance of George Frideric Handel???s oratorio ???Messiah??? on 13 April 1742 in Dublin aroused unqualified rapture. A newspaper report a few days later declared that it combined ???the Sublime the Grand and the Tender???. Its success has remained undiminished ever since and the ???Messiah??? has taken its place in musical life.In 2009 to mark the 250th anniversary of Handel???s death the British Library and B?renreiter joined forces and made the autograph score of the ???Messiah??? available to the public in a meticulously reproduced lavishly published facsimile.The renowned Handel scholar Donald Burrows introduces the characteristics of Handel???smanuscript describes the history of the work???s composition and explains the differences between later versions of the ???Messiah??? as reflected in the conducting scores. A two-page sketch from the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge completes the publication.Facsimile of the autograph in the British Library. 282 2 pages of facsimile and 55 pages of introduction (English/German/Japanese) half-linen hardback

In der Continuo-Gruppe sind 2 Cembali besetzt-(First Set Of 1720 - The Eight Great Suites) By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) edited by Rudolf Steglich Terence Best. Collection for solo piano. Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition. 114 pages. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import). (BA.BA4224) ISBN M006446247. With introductory text performance notes and manuscript facsimiles (does not include words to the songs). Baroque.