1 ene 1741 año - Messiah

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the most famous oratorio by Handel, still performed regularly today.

Messiah
1. The Messiah includes aspects associated with Handel’s other works, but it differs in its
New Testament subject.
2. Handel composed Messiah supposedly in twenty-four days.
3. It has never gone out of the repertory—an unusual feat—although it took a few years
to gain true popularity

“Borrowing”
1. Handel’s alarming speed in composing Messiah was due in part to being able to
recycle pre-composed music.
2. Such borrowing was common, and Handel partook frequently.
a. Almost half of Israel in Egypt derives from works by other composers.
b. Some scholars have attributed Handel’s numerous borrowings in the 1730s to a
stroke in 1737.
c. Others comment that it was not until the nineteenth century that modern ideas
about copyright came into being, and to apply them to Handel is unfair.
3. Handel borrowed extensively from himself in Messiah.
a. Such borrowing explains why some of the choruses are so difficult: They were
originally intended for soloists.
b. Modern attitudes tend to see Messiah as church music, but for Handel such was
not the case.

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