ecognoscente.com — George Frideric Handel composed Messiah in 1741, and it was first performed in Dublin the following year. Handel had previously concentrated on Italian operas but realized that his audience in England wanted something they could understand. The oratorio Messiah is in essence an English opera with a sacred theme. It is set to Charles Jennens's..
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