Handel's Messiah (oratorio)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Handel's_Messiah_(oratorio)
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:religion
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:HWV_56
gptkbp:composer gptkb:George_Frideric_Handel
gptkbp:duration about 2.5 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Dublin
gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:genre sacred oratorio
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Handel's Messiah (oratorio)
gptkbp:influenced choral music tradition
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Charles_Jennens
gptkbp:movement 53
gptkbp:notableMovement gptkb:Hallelujah_Chorus
gptkbp:notableRecording Sir Colin Davis, 1966
Trevor Pinnock, 1988
gptkbp:performedAt gptkb:Christmas
gptkb:Easter
gptkbp:popularFor gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:premiereDate 1742-04-13
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Neal's_Music_Hall,_Dublin
gptkbp:publishedIn 1767
gptkbp:scoredFor SATB soloists, choir, orchestra
gptkbp:structure three parts
gptkbp:subject life of Jesus Christ
gptkbp:yearComposed 1741
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nativity_of_Jesus_in_popular_culture
gptkb:The_Messiah
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7