Handel's Messiah : a touchstone of taste / by Robert Manson Myers.

Author/creator Myers, Robert Manson
Other author Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Macmillan Co., 1948.
Descriptionxxii, 338 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm

Contents A touchstone of taste -- Some are born great (1711-1741) -- The Lord gave the word (1741) -- "A sacred oratorio" (1741-1749) -- The glass of fashion (1749-1784) -- All the king's men (1784-1791) -- Opus optimum -- Appendix A: Text of Handel's Messiah -- Appendix B: A list of subscribers to the original full-score edition of Handel's Messiah (1767).
Bibliography note"Select bibliography": pages 303-319.
LCCN 48001662

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