HANDEL'S MESSIAH A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | December 7, 1997| | Copyright

It's December, and Handel's "Messiah" is coming 'round again, as sure as "Jingle Bells" is being piped into shopping centers. Shall we affect contempt bred by familiarity and grumble about the World's Most Popular Oratorio? No. Rejoice at the chance to hear it, live, once a year. In that spirit, we offer a cornucopia of facts about the work, its composer, and the times to which it was born.

Handel started composing "Messiah" on Aug. 22, 1741. Incredibly, he finished it Sept. 14. He wrote with a quill pen; the smudged, blotted manuscript is property of the British Museum.

Handel went to ...

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