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A textual and historical companion to Handel's 'Messiah.'

Title: A textual and historical companion to Handel's 'Messiah.'
Author: Shaw, Watkins, 1911-1996.
Publication: London, Novello [1965]

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Description

217, 16 pages illustrations (music) 10 plates, facsimiles, tables, diagram; 23 cm

Subject

Note

"Musical appendix": 16 p. at end.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-212).

Contents

Preliminary note : "Messiah" or "The Messiah"? -- The principal sources : R.M.20.f.2 and Tenbury MSS 346-7 -- Handel's London "Messiah" singers -- A conspectus of secondary MS sources -- The Foundling Hospital material -- Performances and versions, 1742-59 -- The early printed copies -- Textual authority ; The figuring of the printed editions -- Commentary and readings ; Some features of the original notation ; Facsimiles -- Editorial practice ; Rhythmic alteration ; Appoggiature in recitative ; Vocal ornamentation.

ISBN

0853600333
9780853600336

LCCN

66070389

OCLC

ocm00243155
243155
SCSB-142514

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library