Why Handel’s Messiah endures
source: http://www.worldwidehippies.com/2011/12/24/why-handels-messiah-endures/
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Handel intended his oratorio Messiah for Lent, and it was first performed just after Easter 1742. But over the centuries, public performances of the masterwork became a rite of Christmas.
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[ The well-aged insights of great works of art, literature and music help us sift today’s culture, as Arnold explained, to identify what will “cultivate what is best and noblest” in us as human beings. ]
AMEN - and added to "Culture",.....and "Awesome".
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- - - - because it is simply an INCREDIBLE piece of music. "Final Answer" he says with a look of satisfaction and wiping of his hands before placing them in his pockets . . .
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remanns:
Yes, indeed it is. WCNY is our classical music station hereabouts. Am
spending my Cristmas listening to it. They play the most incrediblly
beautiful & awe inspiring music. Happy Yuletide, amigo. - 5 months ago
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