Type: Book
by
- George Frideric Handel
, Alfred Mann
, ed.
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An authoritative full-score edition of the oratorio that is the best-known, most beloved, most performed large-scale muscial work in the English-speaking world. George Frideric Handel
MESSIAH
in Full Score
"Alfred Mann's edition of Handel's Messiah is responsible, authoritative, and
communicative.... We find it an indispensable aid to our performances."
-Robert Shaw
Handel composed Messiah in London in the late summer of 1741, and it was first
performed publicly the following April in Dublin to benefit local charities. It scored
an immediate triumph that forecast the lofty reputation it would soon attain as the
best-known, most beloved large-scale mu-1cal work in the English-speaking world,
and a work of art that perhaps more than any other expresses the deepest
aspirations of the Anglican religious spirit.
Today this shining exemplar of the English oratorio-itself Handel's own brilliant
creation-is by far the most performed choral work in England and America. This
finely made, sturdily bound volume, reprinted from the modern and authoritative
edition prepared by the noted scholar Alfred Mann, makes the full score of Messiah
available inexpensively not only to those who may wish to study its rich musical
components, but also to those who enjoy taking part in its traditional performances
--a tradition through which millions have gained their primary experience of
singing classical music.
"A fine scholarly achievement ... as close to Handel's own final version as we can
expect to come."-Dens Peter Larsen
Unabridged Dover (1989) republication of the edition published by Rutgers
University Documents of Music, 1959,1961,1965. Introduction and critical notes by
Alfred Mann. 240pp. 9 x 12.
ALSO AVAILABLE
GIULIO CESARE IN FULL SCORE, George Frideric Handel. 160pp. 9 3/8 x 12 1/4. 25056-3 Pa.
REQUIEM IN FULL SCORE, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 203pp. 8 3/8 x 11. 25311-2 Pa.
THE SEASONS IN FULL SCORE, Joseph Haydn. 302pp. 9 x 12. 25022-9 Pa.
GERMAN REQUIEM IN FULL SCORE, Johannes Brahms. 208pp. 9 3/8 x 12 1/4. 25486-0 Pa.
REQUIEM IN FULL SCORE, Giuseppe Verdi. 204pp. 9 3/8 x 12 1/4.23682-X Pa.
Free Dover Music Catalog (59057-7) available upon request.
A DOVER EDITION DESIGNED FOR YEARS OF USE!
We have made every effort to make this the best book possible. Our paper is
opaque, with minimal show-through; it will not discolor or become brittle with age.
Pages are sewn in signatures, in the method traditionally used for the best books,
and will not drop out, as often happens with paperbacks held together with glue.
Books open flat for easy reference. The binding will not crack or
split. This is a permanent book.
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