Messiah, HWV 56 (Handel, George Frideric)
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Complete Oratorio
Manuscript
Complete Score
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Friedrich W. Chrysander (1826-1901)
G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft (1858-94,1902); Band 45a.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1892. Plate H.W. 45a.
Chrysander Edition
Complete score
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Friedrich W. Chrysander (1826-1901)
G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft (1858-94,1902); Band 45.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1902. Plate H.W. 45.
Selfridge-Field, McGegan Edition
Complete score
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Part Ia: I.1 Sinfonia - I.10 Chorus
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Part Ib: I.11Recit. Accomp. - I.23 Chorus
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Part IIa: II.1 Chorus - II.14d Air
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Part IIb: II.15 Chorus - II.21 Chorus "Hallelujah Chorus"
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Part III: III.1 Air - III.10 Chorus
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Eleanor Selfridge-Field
Nicholas McGegan
Palo Alto: CCARH, 2003
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Part II, Chorus: Hallelujah
Orchestral Score
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Parts
Complete Oratorio
Soldan Edition
Complete continuo part
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Kurt Soldan (1891–1946), realization
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1920)
Reprint - New York: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933), Kalmus Orchestra Series.
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Figures not included; original imprint and acknowledgment of continuo realization missing from reprint; some minor pencil marks.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), orchestrator
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870)
Reprint — New York: Kalmus, n.d.(after 1933)
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Clarinet 1/2 (B♭)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), orchestrator
Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909), orchestrator
London: Novello, 1901
Part II, Chorus: Hallelujah
Orchestra
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Chorus
Soprano
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Alto
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Vocal Scores
Complete Oratorio
Complete score (English)
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Part I
1. Overture
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2. Recitative for Tenor: Comfort Ye My People
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3. Air for Tenor: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted
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4. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
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5. Recitative for Bass: Thus Saith The Lord
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6. Air for Bass: But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?
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7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify
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8. Recitative for Alto: Behold! A Virgin Shall Conceive
9. Air for Alto, and Chorus: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
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10. Recitative for Bass: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
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11. Air for Bass: The People that Walked in Darkness
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14. Recitative for Soprano: There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field
Recitative for Soprano: And Lo! The Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them
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15. Recitative for Soprano: And the Angel Said Unto Them
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16. Recitative for Soprano: And Suddenly There Was With the Angel
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17. Chorus: Glory to God
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18. Air for Soprano: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
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19. Recitative for Alto: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened
20. Air for Alto: He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
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21. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy
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4. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
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7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify
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17. Chorus: Glory to God
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Part II
22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
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23. Air for Alto: He Was Despised
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24. Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
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26. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
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27. Recitative for Tenor: All They That See Hime, Laugh Him to Scorn
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28. Chorus: He Trusted In God That He Would Deliver Him
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29. Recitative for Tenor: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
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30. Air for Tenor: Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow
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31. Recitative for Tenor: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living
32. Air for Tenor: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
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33. Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
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Part II, Chorus: Hallelujah
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Part I, Recitative: Comfort Ye, My People
For Double Reed Quartet (Notenschreiber)
Score and parts
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Notensatz Capella
Double Reed Quartet means Oboe, Cor anglais, Bassoboe, Bassoon
Part II, Chorus: Hallelujah
For Organ (Dubois)
Complete score
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Théodore Dubois (1837-1924), transcriber
Paris: Durand & Cie., 1917, plate D. & F. ????
For Piano solo
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General Information
| Work Title | Messiah |
|---|---|
| Alternative Title |
| Composer | Handel, George Frideric |
|---|---|
| Opus/Catalogue Number | HWV 56 |
| Number of Movements/Sections | 3 Parts |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1741 |
| Year of First Publication | 1742 |
| Librettist | Charles Jennens |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Oratorio |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
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