Handel's Messiah

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Handel's_Messiah

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:adaptation	gptkb:Messiah_(1999_film)
gptkbp:annualPerformanceTradition	gptkb:Christmas gptkb:Easter
gptkbp:arrangedFor	gptkb:Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart gptkb:Eugene_Goossens gptkb:Sir_Andrew_Davis gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Beecham
gptkbp:catalogueNumber	gptkb:HWV_56
gptkbp:commissionedBy	not specifically commissioned
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:George_Frideric_Handel
gptkbp:compositionPeriod	24 days
gptkbp:duration	approximately 2.5 hours
gptkbp:firstLondonPerformance	1743-03-23
gptkbp:genre	sacred oratorio
gptkbp:hasAutographScore	gptkb:British_Library
gptkbp:hasLibretto	gptkb:Charles_Jennens
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Handel's Messiah
gptkbp:influenced	choral music tradition
gptkbp:influencedBy	English choral tradition German passion Italian opera
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Charles_Jennens
gptkbp:manuscript	gptkb:British_Library
gptkbp:notableAria	gptkb:I_know_that_my_Redeemer_liveth
gptkbp:notableChorus	gptkb:For_unto_us_a_child_is_born gptkb:Worthy_is_the_Lamb And the glory of the Lord
gptkbp:notableMovement	gptkb:Hallelujah_Chorus
gptkbp:popularFor	gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:premiereDate	1742-04-13
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Neal's_Music_Hall,_Dublin,_Ireland
gptkbp:publishedIn	1767
gptkbp:recordedAt	John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra Sir Malcolm Sargent, Huddersfield Choral Society Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert numerous orchestras and choirs
gptkbp:scoredFor	SATB soloists, choir, orchestra
gptkbp:structure	three parts
gptkbp:subject	life of Jesus Christ
gptkbp:text	gptkb:King_James_Bible Book of Common Prayer
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Trinity_College_Choir
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4