Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah HWV 56: ScoreFacsimile 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
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Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah HWV 56: Score
Messiah (Messias)
