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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:orchestra
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Christmas
gptkb:Easter
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gptkbp:catalogueNumber
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gptkb:HWV_56
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gptkbp:commissionedBy
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gptkb:William_Cavendish,_3rd_Duke_of_Devonshire
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:George_Frideric_Handel
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gptkbp:duration
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approximately 2.5 hours
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gptkbp:famousFor
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gptkb:Hallelujah_Chorus
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gptkbp:firstPerformed
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gptkb:Dublin
gptkb:Ireland
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gptkbp:genre
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sacred oratorio
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gptkbp:hasLibretto
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https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Messiah, HWV 56
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gptkbp:influenced
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choral tradition
oratorio performance practice
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:librettist
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gptkb:Charles_Jennens
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gptkbp:movement
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53
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gptkbp:notableAria
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gptkb:I_know_that_my_Redeemer_liveth
The trumpet shall sound
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gptkbp:notableChorus
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gptkb:For_unto_us_a_child_is_born
gptkb:Worthy_is_the_Lamb
And the glory of the Lord
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gptkbp:notableMovement
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gptkb:Hallelujah_Chorus
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gptkbp:notableRecording
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gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Beecham_(1959)
gptkb:Trevor_Pinnock_(1988)
gptkb:Sir_Colin_Davis_(1966)
John Eliot Gardiner (1982)
Christopher Hogwood (1979)
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gptkbp:openToPublic
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true
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gptkbp:popularFor
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
worldwide
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gptkbp:premiereDate
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1742-04-13
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gptkbp:premiereLocation
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gptkb:Neal's_Music_Hall,_Dublin
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gptkbp:scoredFor
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gptkb:choral_music
gptkb:orchestra
SATB soloists
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gptkbp:structure
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three parts
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:prophecy
resurrection
redemption
life of Jesus Christ
passion
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gptkbp:text
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gptkb:King_James_Bible
Book of Common Prayer
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gptkbp:yearComposed
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1741
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Handel:_Messiah_(with_Christopher_Hogwood)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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