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Handel's Messiah

The Messiah was composed by George Friedrich Handel in 1741. It was neither his first nor his last oratorio, yet it has become his most popular and most performed work. Following his journey from his earliest oratorios to his last, Handel’s style of composition and use of various choral techniques set the Messiah apart from his other works and similar oratorios of the time.
Handel wrote his first oratorio in Italy in 1707. Called La Resurrenzione, it was in the Italian style and had Italian text. It was performed in Prince Ruspoli’s town house in Rome. Thus began the era of Handel’s oratorios. He wrote another Italian oratorio in 1708, called Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, but twelve years would pass before he would another such work. Handel’s main focus at this time was Italian opera; oratorio was just something to dabble in. He did write three more early oratorios: Esther, 1721; Deborah, 1733; and Athaliah, also in 1733. However, he still did not fully......


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