Handel: Messiah

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Handel:_Messiah
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:HWV_56
gptkbp:commissionedBy unknown
gptkbp:composer gptkb:George_Frideric_Handel
gptkbp:duration about 2.5 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Dublin
1742
gptkbp:genre sacred oratorio
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Handel: Messiah
gptkbp:influenced choral music tradition
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Charles_Jennens
gptkbp:notableMovement gptkb:Hallelujah_Chorus
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Colin_Davis_(1966)
gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Beecham_(1959)
gptkb:Trevor_Pinnock_(1988)
gptkbp:openToPublic true
gptkbp:performedBy many choirs worldwide
gptkbp:popularFor gptkb:Christmas
gptkb:Easter
gptkbp:premiereDate 1742-04-13
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Neal's_Music_Hall,_Dublin
gptkbp:scoredFor gptkb:choral_music
gptkb:orchestra
soloists
gptkbp:structure three parts
gptkbp:subject life of Jesus Christ
gptkbp:text gptkb:King_James_Bible
Book of Common Prayer
gptkbp:writtenBy 1741
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dawn_Upshaw
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5