Hallelujah Chorus Messiah Handel

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Hallelujah chorus - Messiah, Performed by: Oratorio Chorus, Composed by: George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759). Record format: Edison Diamond Disc, Matrix number: 4433-A-1-1 (6-1). Recording date: 1916, Release number: 80292-R, Release date: May 1916. NPS object catalog number: EDIS 43552.





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Messiah (HWV 56) is an English oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel, The libretto by Charles Jennens is drawn entirely from the King James and Great Bibles, and interprets the Christian doctrine of the Messiah, Composed in London during the summer of 1741 and premiered in Dublin, Ireland on 13 April 1742,

George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759), was born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England. Born in Halle in the Duchy of Magdeburg, he settled in England in 1712, becoming a naturalised subject of the British crown on 20 February 1727.

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Keywords: Hallelujah Chorus; Messiah; George Frideric Handel; Edison
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