Handel's Messiah : origins, composition, sources / by Jens Peter Larsen.
| Author/creator | Larsen, Jens Peter |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : W. W. Norton, [1957] |
| Description | 336 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The development of Handelian oratorio. Various types of oratorio ; Italian versus English text, the soloist problem, the da capo aria ; The choruses I (St. John's Passion to Athaliah) ; The choruses 2 (Alexander's Feast to Samson) ; The choruses 3 (Semele to Jephtha) -- Messiah surveyed. Introduction: the Messiah text ; First part, overture to "For unto us a Child is born" ; First part, Pastoral Symphony to "His yoke is easy" ; Second part, "Thou art gone up on High" to "Hallelujah" ; Third part -- Changing versions. Handel's oratorio soloists ; The Messiah material ; Changes in individual numbers ; Stages of development, sequence of mss. and printed editions, "definitive" form -- The sources. The copyists ; Paper sizes and watermarks ; List of Handel manuscripts. |
| Abstract | This monograph, translated from the original Danish, concentrates on the plan and execution of 'Messiah', its singers and performances, manuscripts and editions, and aesthetics. |
| Bibliography note | Includes list of Handel manuscripts (pages 285-303) and bibliography (pages 325-327). |