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| The Messiah Boston Baroque |
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| Suggested Reading |
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| Handel by Christopher Hogwood |
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ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDED READINGS ONLINEThe cited materials and several web sources have articles worth reading. Among them are these, which are especially interesting: Teeters, Donald. “At last, Messiah”, 2004, at http://www.bostoncecilia.org/prognotes/handel-messiah.html. Thomas, Jeffrey. Messiah. Notes for the 2004-2005 season by the music director of the American Bach Soloists at Vickers, David. Messiah, “A sacred Oratorio”, at http://gfhandel.org/messiah.htm, gives a short history of the work, lists editions and recordings, and provides a useful bibliography. “Messiah” at http://www.stpatrickscathedral.ie/handel’s.htm contains the text of three documents related to the first Dublin performance of the oratorio.
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