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	Oratorio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oratorio closely mirrored opera in all ages in musical style and form, except that choruses were more prominent in oratorio than in opera.
		Most oratorios from the common practice period to the present day have biblical themes, but a number of composers, notably George Frideric Handel, wrote secular oratorios based on themes from Greek and Roman mythology.
		Whether religious or secular, the theme of an oratorio is meant to be weighty, and can include such topics as the creation of the world, the life of Jesus, or the career of a classical hero or biblical prophet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oratorio (385 words)

	Handel's Messiah
		Messiah remains Handel's best known work, although this was not a status that it enjoyed until the last few years of his life, brought about by annual performances in Handel's oratorio seasons and charitable benefit concerts at the Foundling Hospital (an organisation for underprivileged children, and which still exists today as The Thomas Coram Foundation).
		Tobin edited Messiah for the Hallische Handel Ausgabe (published by Barenreiter), and was one of the first conducters in the 20th century to use performing forces on a similar scale and layout to Handel.
		Alfred Mann: "Missa and Messiah: Culmination of the sacred drama" in A Bach tribute: Essays in honor of William H. Scheide.
	gfhandel.org /messiah.htm (2255 words)

	Messiah (Handel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Messiah (HWV 56, 1741), is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel.
		The name of the oratorio is taken from Judaism and Christianity's concept of the messiah ("the anointed one").
		Handel's Messiah, as sung by the MIT Concert Choir:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Messiah_(Handel) (3540 words)

	messiah - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Messiah, in theology, the Anointed One, the Christ.
		It was the Hebrew name for the promised deliverer of humankind, assumed by Jesus and given to...
		Messiah College, private, coeducational institution in Grantham, Pennsylvania, 15 km (9 mi) southwest of Harrisburg.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /messiah.html (81 words)

	America's Messiah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Messiah, Handel’s Messiah, is to America’s choral societies and orchestras what La Bohème is to its opera houses and Nutcracker to its ballets: the guaranteed full house that can bankroll a whole season of deficits.
		Messiah is a concert work for the concert hall, and very much in the mold of the modern Protestant sermon, which entertains its listener for the purpose of edifying him.
		Messiah was the first piece of classical music I heard live, the first one I performed as an amateur singer, and the first one I conducted as a professional musician.
	www.firstthings.com /ftissues/ft9712/opinion/linton.html (1393 words)

	Orchestra Seattle \| Seattle Chamber Singers
		The oratorio was first performed in Dublin on April 13, 1742, under the direction of the composer.
		Messiah is unique among Handel's works, being his only biblical oratorio using texts from the New Testament, and his only "Christian-contemplative" oratorio.
		As biographer R. Streatfeild observes, "Messiah, if not Handel's greatest work, is undoubtedly the most universal in its appeal" because it continues to sing to "high and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish alike" a magnificent song of salvation, fresh, vital, and full of aesthetic and spiritual grace.
	www.osscs.org /notes/handel_messiah.html (640 words)

	Messiah & St. Matthew Passion
		"Messiah" is a wonderful marriage of text and music that has been described as a "moral autobiography of a man." The story of the nativity, Christ's passion and resurrection, and the promise of redemption unfolds in a masterful intertwining of solo voices, chorus and orchestra.
		While “Messiah” encompasses the entire spectrum of the Christian experience, Johann Sebastian Bach's “St. Matthew Passion” is a literal account of the events of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew.
		Messiah is Handel's most famous work and it remains immensely popular among concert-goers.
	www.bethanylb.edu /contentm/gen/bethany_college_generated_pages/The_Music_m685.html (485 words)

	Alleluia Chorus - Idaho Choir, performers of The Messiah - Another Testament by the Composer Peter Covino, Jr.
		This oratorio tells the story of the people of the Book of Mormon from their origins and departure from Jerusalem to their arrival and separation in the Americas.
		Included in the oratorio is the story of the resurrection and visitation of Christ to the Nephites in America.
		The oratorio ends with the story of the last battle of the people of ancient America and Mormon and Moroni in a finale that leads to the coming forth of the Book of Mormon to Joseph Smith entitled “From the Dust of the Earth”.
	www.idahochoir.com /messiah.asp (1247 words)

	Program Notes - Printer-Friendly
		He composed his oratorio Messiah between August 22 and September 14, 1741, in London, to a libretto assembled by Charles Jennens from passages in the bible.
		Nonetheless, it is probably a safe generalization to say that, at heart, he was a man of the theater, whether the opera stage or the “ecclesiastical theater” of the oratorio.
		Messiah has captivated audiences since it was first heard 260 years ago, and it has been re-invented often since, made new to meet the exigencies of specific performers and evolving generations.
	www.sfsymphony.org /templates/pgmNotePrint.asp?nodeid=3670 (2392 words)

	Messiah by handel
		The Messiah is taken from the old and new testaments of the Christian Bible.
		The Messiah was written under difficult circumstances for the composer.
		Handel composed the Messiah in a total of 22 days, for a premiere in Dublin, where he had been invited to perform a series of concerts, despite his illness.
	wy.essortment.com /messiahhandel_rnax.htm (815 words)

	INKPOT CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: HANDEL Messiah - An Inktroduction
		Messiah, needless to say, is Handel’s most famous work, but it also caused considerable controversy during its first performances.
		Handel’s oratorios, to which ticket-holders had paid to attend, were essentially the 18th-century equivalent of modern-day musicals.
		HANDEL Messiah The Scholars Baroque Ensemble/van Asch (Naxos)
	inkpot.com /classical/messiah.html (1502 words)

	Handel's Messiah is Holiday Favorite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"Messiah" was completed in twenty-four days, an incredibly short time for a work that takes nearly three hours to perform in concert.
		On April 13, 1742, the first performance of "Messiah" was given in Dublin, Ireland to instant acclaim, and this ovation continued throughout the rest of Handel's stay in the Irish capitol.
		Even the fashions of the day changed as a result of the premiere performance when women were asked to leave the hoops out of their skirts and men were asked to leave their swords at home so that more people could fit into the hall.
	www.christmas.com /pe/883 (516 words)

	Handel's "Messiah" -- An Appreciation and Explanation
		With the complete text of the Oratorio set out before you, you will be able to follow the dramatic development of the purpose of God in Christ (the Messiah) whose second advent, and ultimate world-wide triumph is, we believe, at hand.
		The Oratorio aims to present an outline of the life and mission of the Lord Jesus Christ taken from Scripture; for all the words sung during the course of this piece of music are taken from the Bible, and when they are placed in their proper setting, they have a most wonderful and significant meaning.
		The solemn, grave tones of the Oratorio in the early portion of the Second Part, suggest the tremendous burden carried by the Lord, as he was misunderstood by friends and foe alike.
	www.antipas.org /handel/messiahex.html (3864 words)

	The Oratorio
		Hey, oratorios are easier to write than operas - and anyone who is any good today is writing operas.
		English composers were writing oratorios for the next 150 years.
		Oratorios started moving away from sacred subjects in the 1800's and just never recovered.
	www.incompetech.com /music/oratorio.html (511 words)

	George Frideric Handel, Messiah
		Handel's Messiah is without doubt the most often-performed work from the baroque canon, to the extent that every December sees concerts organized by symphonies, choruses, churches, and even sing-alongs staged by volunteers.
		Strangely enough, although known for his great oratorio and several works of festival music, he was mainly a composer of operas, many of which have been revived and recorded.
		I was gratified on receiving this one in the mail to discover that the conductor is no less than Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who has been a leader for decades in performing music on period instruments and in the context of its time (as much as possible, at least).
	www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_handel_messiah_12_05.html (818 words)

	'Messiah' available in variety of shapes, sizes North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County ...
		When George Frideric Handel first performed his epic oratorio "Messiah" on April 13, 1742, in Dublin, it was presented as a fundraiser for the Irish city's charities.
		"Messiah" (not "The Messiah," as is commonly misunderstood) was created by Handel at the request of the lord lieutenant of Dublin to create a sacred oratorio on the life of Christ.
		Recognized as Handel's greatest triumph, "Messiah" is recognized for authentically representing the drama of the libretto's words in musical terms ---- something quite unusual for composers of the baroque period.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2005/12/07/entertainment/music/12705123036.txt (868 words)

	Oratorio Society of New York - Messiah, Program Notes
		During Messiah's London premiere in 1743, King George II rose to his feet during the "Hallelujah" chorus and remained standing until its end.
		The Oratorio Society has faithfully executed this "beautiful duty" ever since, but if finding suitable rehearsal space was a problem, finding an appropriate concert hall was a bigger one.
		In the early years, performances of Messiah were "improved" beyond what the master had written, adding what it was felt he had neither time (Handel composed Messiah in 24 days) nor resources to add.
	www.oratoriosocietyofny.org /notesDecember.html (2350 words)

	Messiah College: News
		The Messiah College Concert Choir is a student choir that travels throughout Pennsylvania and neighboring states during the academic year.
		Messiah College’s Choral Arts Society is an 80-member choir comprised of members of the Messiah College community as well as members of the greater Harrisburg area.
		In 1998, the choir was named the Messiah College Choral Arts Society to reflect the group’s rich heritage with the college.
	www.messiah.edu /news/2006/MC-023-06.html (355 words)

	UMS \| Artist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Today, Messiah is the sacred sign of the season for almost every community, with a variety of stylistic choices from small Baroque renditions to all-gospel versions.
		Messiah was composed in only 21 days when Handel was 56 years old as part of a series of concerts that the composer was giving in Dublin to benefit various charities.
		Don’t miss the original Michigan Messiah in the opulent, refurbished Hill Auditorium, complete with full large chorus and orchestra and star soloists.
	www.ums.org /secondary/season/artist/artistpage.asp?pageid=291 (247 words)

	Oratorio Society of New York - My First Messiah
		The Oratorio Society of New York has performed Messiah every December since 1874, and at Carnegie Hall since it opened in 1891.
		It was here [the Sacred-Music Society's weekly oratorio concerts at Exeter Hall] that I came to understand the true spirit of English musical culture, which is bound up with the spirit of English Protestantism.
		A further advantage is secured by the feeling among the audience than an evening spent listening to an oratorio may be regarded as a sort of service, and is almost as good as going to church.
	www.oratoriosocietyofny.org /MyFirstMessiah.html (905 words)

	Georg Frideric Handel
		After a joumey to Dublin in 1741-2, where Messiah had its premiere (in aid of charities), he put opera behind him and for most of the remainder of his life gave oratorio performances, mostly at the new Covent Garden theatre, usually at or close to the Lent season.
		The wide range of expression at his command is shown not only in the operas, with their rich and varied arias, but also in the form he created, the English oratorio, where it is applied to the fates of nations as well as individuals.
		But above all he had a resource and originality of invention, to be seen in the extraordinary variety of music in the op.6 concertos, for example, in which melodic beauty, boldness and humour all play a part, that place him and J.S. Bach as the supreme masters of the Baroque era in music.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/handel.html (1091 words)

	about This Recording of George Friderick Handel's Messiah
		Handel, who performed Messiah on several occasions and in various ways, would have expected the future to bring with it further opportunity for changes in sound and orchestration.
		Messiah was recorded in the Mormon Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, in February 1995.
		The Messiah recording was made on unique custom equipment designed by NTI and the well-known recording engineer John Mosely.
	www.messiahcd.com /Information/about_This_Recording/about_this_recording.html (896 words)

	Classical Net - Handel - Messiah Arranged by Mozart
		In 1789, a performance of "Messiah" that was to have a radical effect on the course of the oratorio's performance history was given in Vienna.
		Since no choruses figured in that collection, a da capo was indicated at the end of the aria to provide a return to the tonic key; Handel had used the chorus "Let us break their bonds asunder" as an exciting and dramatic substitute for a reprise of the aria's opening section.
		A group of American soloists, The Oratorio Society of New York, and the Sinfonia Rubinstein are conducted by Lyndon Woodside.
	www.classical.net /music/comp.lst/works/handel/messiah/mozart.html (2230 words)

	Banner of Truth Trust General Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Handel's oratorio Messiah is perhaps the greatest musical masterpiece to have been composed in England.
		Picking no quarrel with the layout of the oratorio, Newton commends its arrangement as judicious, its passages as well-connected and its scope so comprehensive as to contain "all the principal truths of the gospel." Indeed, he summarises its main topics in a characteristically evangelical way.
		During the course of his exposition Newton expresses his desire that his hearers' meditations on the Messiah would leave them with well-grounded hopes of meeting again soon around that self same throne, there to join the angels and the rest of the redeemed in singing the praise of God and the Lamb.
	www.banneroftruth.org /pages/articles/article_detail.php?268 (2836 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Messiah
		Over the years, Handel's "Messiah" has come to define what Christmas is for me. It's a breathtaking musical achievement, and I look forward to attending a live performance at least once every Christmas season.
		Since Handel himself made numerous changes to his composition of "Messiah" over his lifetime, there is no definitive musical text for the oratorio, which allows for great variation in the way "Messiah" can be performed.
		In many ways the oratorio feels new and fresh and exciting again, which is no small feat for songs which have become little more than clichés.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/messiah.php (516 words)

	'Messiah' For the Holidays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Rochester Oratorio Society made its debut in December of 1945 with the Messiah, and it's now an annual holiday tradition.
		ROS's annual candlelight Messiah is Friday and Saturday (Dec. 12 & 13) at 8pm at Asbury First United Methodist Church (1050 East Ave.) Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door, and $10 for students.
		GVOC (Genesee Valley Orchestra & Chorus)'s Messiah is this Wednesday (Dec. 10) at 7:30pm at Church of the Assumption in Fairport, and Thursday (Dec. 11) at 7:30pm at Church of the Holy Spirit in Penfield.
	www.rnews.com /print.cfm?id=14937 (278 words)

	Decca Music Group - New Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Messiah heads up this set of Handel oratorios in which the 1985 recording of Athalia (with none less than Joan Sutherland in the title-role) returns to the international catalogue after an absence of several years.
		Esther, the first English oratorio and the first oratorio by Handel to make major use of the chorus, was recorded in 1984, and has Patrizia Kwella in the title-role.
		La Resurrezione stands apart from Handel’s English oratorios of his mature years and represents his first oratorio on a sacred subject; it was written in 1708 for Rome and is a richly dramatic work which the composer produced under the patronage of the Marchese Francesco Maria Ruspoli.
	www.deccaclassics.com /newsandnewreleases/may2005/4756731.html (174 words)

	Amazon.com: Handel - Messiah / Nelson · Kirkby · Watkinson · P. Elliott · D. Thomas · AAM · Hogwood: Music: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Handel - Messiah / Ameling · A. Reynolds · Langridge · Howell · Marriner ~ George Frideric Handel
		This is the Messiah that started it all--the first period instrument performance recorded with a choir of men and boys.
		Handel - Messiah / Clift · Robbin · Fowler · Ledbetter · Boston Baroque, Pearlman ~ Bruce Fowler
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000004CXU?v=glance (2787 words)

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