Messiah, HWV 56 (Handel, George Frideric)

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Complete Oratorio

Full score

Manuscript

Complete Score
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Editor:

Friedrich W. Chrysander (1826-1901)

Publisher Info.:

G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft (1858-94,1902); Band 45a.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1892. Plate H.W. 45a.

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Public Domain

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Chrysander Edition

Complete score
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Editor:

Friedrich W. Chrysander (1826-1901)

Publisher Info.:

G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft (1858-94,1902); Band 45.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1902. Plate H.W. 45.

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Public Domain

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Selfridge-Feld, 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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Editor:

Eleanor Selfridge Feld
Nicholas McGegan

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Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities (CCARH), 2003

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0

Misc. Notes:

Primarily based upon Chrysander


Vocal Score

Complete score (English)
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Editor:

Thomas Tertius Noble (1867-1953)
Max Spicker (1858-1912)

Publisher Info.:

New York: G. Schirmer, 1912, plate 22945

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Public Domain

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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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12. Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
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13. Pastoral Symphony
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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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Thomas Tertius Noble (1867-1953)
Max Spicker (1858-1912)

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New York: G. Schirmer, 1912, plate 22945

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Public Domain

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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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12. Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
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17. Chorus: Glory to God
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21. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy
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Thomas Tertius Noble (1867-1953)
Max Spicker (1858-1912)

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New York: G. Schirmer, 1912, plate 22945

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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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25. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
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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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Thomas Tertius Noble (1867-1953)
Max Spicker (1858-1912)

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New York: G. Schirmer, 1912, plate 22945

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Public Domain

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Orchestra Parts

Mozart Orchestration

Clarinet I, II
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), orchestrator

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Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.(ca.1870)

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Mozart-Prout Orchestration

Clarinet I and II
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), orchestrator
Ebenezer Prout (1835-1909), orchestrator

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London: Novello, 1901

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Excerpts

Arrangements, Transcriptions

Part II, Chorus: Hallelujah!, transcription for organ
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Théodore Dubois (1837-1924), transcriber

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Paris: Durand & Cie., 1917, plate D. & F. ????

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Part II, Chorus: Hallelujah, transcription for piano
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Plate 4764

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General Information

Work Title  Messiah
Alternative Title 
Composer  Handel, George Frideric Genre  Oratorio
Opus/Catalogue Number  HWV 56 Librettist  Charles Jennens
Number of Movements/Sections  3 Parts Language  English
Dedication  Piece Style  Baroque
Year/Date of Composition  1741 Instrumentation 
Year of First Publication  1742 Discuss this piece
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