Handels Messiah

Author : Calvin R. Stapert
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780802865878
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handel's Messiah written by Calvin R. Stapert and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handel s oratorio Messiah is a phenomenon with no parallel in music history. No other work of music has been so popular for so long. Yet familiarity can sometimes breed contempt and also misunderstanding. This book by music expert Calvin Stapert will greatly increase understanding and appreciation of Handel s majestic Messiah, whether readers are old friends of this remarkable work or have only just discovered its magnificence. Stapert provides fascinating historical background, tracing not only Messiah s unlikely inception but also its amazing reception throughout history. The bulk of the book offers scene-by-scene musical and theological commentary on the whole work, focusing on the way Handel s music beautifully interprets and illuminates the biblical text. For anyone seeking to appreciate Handel s Messiah more, this informed yet accessible guide is the book to have and read. (Handel s Messiah: Comfort for God s People is the newest volume in the flourishing Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies Series, edited by John D. Witvliet.)

Author : Donna W. Payne
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780802455741
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Handel's Messiah Family Advent Reader written by Donna W. Payne and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For families who yearn for Christmas to be a true celebration of Christ's birth on earth, the Handel's Messiah Family Advent Reader provides daily readings that are biblically-based and culturally rich. With intriguing stories explaining well-known Christmas customs, each reading features a different portion of the libretto from Handel's Messiah and offers a spiritual insight that links the story to an important principle. The book also includes a CD with portions of Handel's Messiah to enhance the experience.

Author : Michael Marissen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300194587
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tainted Glory in Handel's Messiah written by Michael Marissen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anti-Judaism in Handel's Messiah.

Author : Andrew Gant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781851245062
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Making of Handel's Messiah written by Andrew Gant and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first performance of Handel's 'Messiah' in Dublin in 1742 is now legendary. Gentlemen were asked to leave their swords at home and ladies to come without hoops in their skirts in order to fit more people into the audience. Why then, did this now famous and much-loved oratorio receive a somewhat cool reception in London less than a year later? Placing Handel's best-known work in the context of its times, this vivid account charts the composer's working relationship with his librettist, the gifted but demanding Charles Jennens, and looks at Handel's varied and evolving company of singers together with his royal patronage. Through examination of the composition manuscript and Handel's own conducting score, held in the Bodleian, it explores the complex issues around the performance of sacred texts in a non-sacred context, particularly Handel's collaboration with the men and boys of the Chapel Royal. The later reception and performance history of what is one of the most successful pieces of choral music of all time is also reviewed, including the festival performance attended by Haydn, the massed-choir tradition of the Victorian period and today's 'come-and-sing' events.

Author : Calvin Stapert
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802865878
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handel's Messiah written by Calvin Stapert and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handel s oratorio Messiah is a phenomenon with no parallel in music history. No other work of music has been so popular for so long. Yet familiarity can sometimes breed contempt and also misunderstanding. This book by music expert Calvin Stapert will greatly increase understanding and appreciation of Handel s majestic Messiah, whether readers are old friends of this remarkable work or have only just discovered its magnificence. Stapert provides fascinating historical background, tracing not only Messiah s unlikely inception but also its amazing reception throughout history. The bulk of the book offers scene-by-scene musical and theological commentary on the whole work, focusing on the way Handel s music beautifully interprets and illuminates the biblical text. For anyone seeking to appreciate Handel s Messiah more, this informed yet accessible guide is the book to have and read. (Handel s Messiah: Comfort for God s People is the newest volume in the flourishing Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies Series, edited by John D. Witvliet.)

Author : Amanda Babington
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040052053
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handel’s Messiah written by Amanda Babington and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-06-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The soundtrack of the Christmas season for many music lovers, Messiah is performed annually by choral societies across the world. And so, perhaps unsurprisingly, many aspects of it have been explored by scholars over the years. The work is the subject of several listeners’ guides and there are a number of books and articles of various lengths that describe the biographical circumstances of the work’s formation and details of its many performances, many including lists of singers for each performance (an area that has itself spawned a whole field of research). There has been no extensive study of the creative process of Messiah, however, since 1969. This book seeks to redress this imbalance by providing a thorough investigation of the work’s creative process. Beginning with the creative process of the libretto, it examines the earliest sketches, Handel’s use of pre-existent material, alterations made to the autograph score, and the latest versions of movements. Each stage of composition is examined via primary source material, with particular reference to the autograph score and conducting score. Each chapter is formed as a case study and contains related discussion points for use in teaching or study settings.

Author : Gregory S. Athnos
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666739049
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handel's Messiah written by Gregory S. Athnos and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-04-06 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We think we know Handel’s Messiah, having heard it or performed it so many times. But is there another way to look at this masterpiece? Who assembled the texts? Why? How did Handel incorporate his own spiritual understanding of the texts? In this treatise, we view the composition from the same Baroque aesthetic perspective the composer used: the Doctrine of Affections—an approach heretofore unexplored in relationship to Handel’s Messiah—which held that every major and minor key prompted a particular, very specific, and involuntary emotional and spiritual response in the listener. When facing a choice between following the accepted rules of musical composition or using the Affect best suited to the scriptural text, Handel almost exclusively chose the Affect; in other words, he chose spiritual insight over compositional tradition. Overlaying the various Affects on each movement of Handel’s composition, we discover the true heart and spiritual depth of the composer’s magnum opus.

Author : Cindy Rollins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781944435073
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hallelujah written by Cindy Rollins and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-26 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family traditions become established, sometimes quite by accident and sometimes because "we've always done it that way." But the best family traditions are thoughtfully cultivated. With Hallelujah: Cultivating Advent Traditions With Handel's Messiah, Cindy Rollins leads the way in building a rich Advent tradition for you and your family. Inside you will find: Weekly Scripture passages, hymns, and poems, Daily Messiah listening schedule with background information from Greg Wilbur An overview of the church calendar by Thomas Banks Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany recipes, and Suggestions for celebrating the Advent feasts of St. Nicholas and St. Lucia. Cindy also invited four of her friends to share how they celebrate Advent with their own families.

Author : Bob Brett
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365403866
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scripture in Handel's Messiah 3rd Edition written by Bob Brett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Keates
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784973998
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Messiah written by Jonathan Keates and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1741, in just 24 days, the German-born, British-naturalized composer George Frideric Handel wrote an oratorio rich in tuneful arias and choruses of robust grandeur. Coolly received in London at first, after Handel's death Messiah enjoyed an extraordinary surge in popularity: it was performed at festivals across England; other composers rushed to rearrange it; it would be commercially recorded on more than 100 occasions. Jonathan Keates tells the story of the composition and musical afterlife of Handel's masterpiece: he considers the first performances and its place in Handel's output; he looks at the oratorio itself and its relationship with spirituality in the age of the Enlightenment; and he examines why Messiah became such an essential element in the national culture of Britain. Illustrated with beautiful images, including the original score of the work, Messiah is a richly informative and affectionate celebration of a high-point of Britain's Georgian golden age.