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