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Messiah
Alias:
Genre: Music
Region: Occidental
Division: German Ren. & Bar.
Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel [1685-1759]
Number:
Baselt (1978) HWV 056
Opus
Poet:
Order: Händel
Class: Oratorium
Modo-tonality:
Movement:
Part I
 Scene 1: Isaiah's prophecy of salvation
  01. Sinfony (Instrumental)
  02. Comfort ye my people (Tenor)
  03. Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (Tenor)
  04. And the glory of the Lord (Chorus) 
 Scene 2: The coming judgment
  05. Thus saith the Lord of hosts (Bass)
  06. But who may abide the day of His coming (Alto)
  07. And he shall purify the sons of Levi (Chorus) 
 Scene 3: The prophecy of Christ's birth
  08. Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Alto)
  09. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion (Alto and Chorus)
  10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Bass)
  11. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light (Bass)
  12. For unto us a child is born (Chorus) 
 Scene 4: The annunciation to the shepherds
  13. Pifa ("pastoral symphony": instrumental)
  14a. There were shepherds abiding in the fields (Soprano)
  14b. And lo, the angel of the Lord (Soprano)
  15. And the angel said unto them (Soprano)
  16. And suddenly there was with the angel (Soprano)
  17. Glory to God in the highest (Chorus) 
 Scene 5: Christ's healing and redemption
  18. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Soprano)
  19. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (Soprano)
  20. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd (Alto and Soprano)
  21. His yoke is easy (Chorus)
Part II
 Scene 1: Christ's Passion
  22. Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus)
  23. He was despised and rejected of men (Alto)
  24. Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows (Chorus)
  25. And with his stripes we are healed (Chorus)
  26. All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus)
  27. All they that see him laugh him to scorn (Tenor)
  28. He trusted in God that he would deliver him (Chorus)
  29. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (Tenor or Soprano)
  30. Behold and see if there be any sorrow (Tenor or Soprano) 
 Scene 2: Christ's Death and Resurrection
  31. He was cut off (Tenor or Soprano)
  32. But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (Tenor or Soprano) 
 Scene 3: Christ's Ascension
  33. Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus) 
 Scene 4: Christ's reception in Heaven
  34. Unto which of the angels (Tenor)
  35. Let all the angels of God worship Him (Chorus) 
 Scene 5: The beginnings of Gospel preaching
  36. Thou art gone up on high (Soprano)
  37. The Lord gave the word (Chorus)
  38. How beautiful are the feet (Soprano)
  39. Their sound is gone out (Chorus) 
 Scene 6: The world's rejection of the Gospel
  40. Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Bass)
  41. Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus)
  42. He that dwelleth in heaven (Tenor) 
 Scene 7: God's ultimate victory
  43. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron (Tenor)
  44. Hallelujah (Chorus)
Part III
 Scene 1: The promise of eternal life
  45. I know that my Redeemer liveth (Soprano)
  46. Since by man came death (Chorus) 
 Scene 2: The Day of Judgment
  47. Behold, I tell you a mystery (Bass)
  48. The trumpet shall sound (Bass) 
 Scene 3: The final conquest of sin
  49. Then shall be brought to pass (Alto)
  50. O death, where is thy sting (alto and tenor)
  51. But thanks be to God (Chorus)
  52. If God be for us, who can be against us (Soprano) 
 Scene 4: The acclamation of the Messiah
  53. Worthy is the Lamb (Chorus); Amen (Chorus)
Instrumentation:
Place: London [GB]
Date: 1742
Place [P]: New Music Hall, Dublin [IE]
Date [P]: 1742
Sound source:

Label: Musical Masterpiece Society [US]
Matrix: E4KP-4494~97
Inventory: 2019
Box:
Title: Händel: The Messiah
Interpreter: Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [dux]
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Place:
Date:
1955 
Author:
Format: 33⅓rpm
Contributor: KF-Archive
Acquisition: 2013-08-08
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Sound source:

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Box:
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Place: London [GB]
Date:
1947-02~10 
Author:
Format: 33⅓rpm
Contributor: Claude Villemure
Acquisition: 2013-04-14
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Sound source:

Label: Vanguard [US]
Matrix: N8OP-8638
Inventory: BG-631_A
Box: BG-631~633_01
Title:
Interpreter: Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [dux]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [orch]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [dux]
Place: London [GB]
Date:
1962 
Author: Burnett James
Format: 33⅓rpm
Contributor: KF-Archive
Acquisition: 2013-06-17
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Sound source:

Label: Vanguard [US]
Matrix: N8OP-8639
Inventory: BG-631_B
Box: BG-631~633_06
Title:
Interpreter: Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [dux]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [orch]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [chor]
Place: London [GB]
Date:
1962 
Author: Burnett James
Format: 33⅓rpm
Contributor: KF-Archive
Acquisition: 2013-06-17
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Sound source:

Label: Vanguard [US]
Matrix: N8OP-8640
Inventory: BG-632_A
Box: BG-631~633_02
Title:
Interpreter: Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [dux]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [orch]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [chor]
Place: London [GB]
Date:
1962 
Author: Burnett James
Format: 33⅓rpm
Contributor: KF-Archive
Acquisition: 2013-06-17
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Sound source:

Label: Vanguard [US]
Matrix: N8OP-8641
Inventory: BG-632_B
Box: BG-631~633_05
Title:
Interpreter: Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [dux]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [orch]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [chor]
Place: London [GB]
Date:
1962 
Author: Burnett James
Format: 33⅓rpm
Contributor: KF-Archive
Acquisition: 2013-06-17
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Sound source:

Label: Vanguard [US]
Matrix: N8OP-8642
Inventory: BG-633_A
Box: BG-631~633_03
Title:
Interpreter: Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [dux]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [orch]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [chor]
Place: London [GB]
Date:
1962 
Author: Burnett James
Format: 33⅓rpm
Contributor: KF-Archive
Acquisition: 2013-06-17
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Sound source:

Label: Vanguard [US]
Matrix: N8OP-8643
Inventory: BG-633_B
Box: BG-631~633_04
Title:
Interpreter: Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [dux]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [orch]
Html->link(h($interpreter['Musician']['name']), array('controller' => 'mus', $interpreter['Musician']['file_name'] ,$interpreter['Musician']['id']));?> [chor]
Place: London [GB]
Date:
1962 
Author: Burnett James
Format: 33⅓rpm
Contributor: KF-Archive
Acquisition: 2013-06-17
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