Handel's Messiah: a celebration
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Human-narrated audio
Summary
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the first performance of this popular oratorio, Lucket has drawn on a variety of scholarly sources to piece together a picture of what took place in Dublin in 1742. He describes Handel's eager… acceptance of the invitation to Ireland, his problems with a crotchety librettist, the original soloists, the initial audience, and the appreciation that surrounds the work to this day. 1992.
Title Details
ISBN
9780151384372
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Copyright Date
1992
Book number
2389508
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Mitzi Friedlander
Duration
9 hours 55 minutes 1 seconds
Audio producer
Library of Congress, NLS/BPH (Louisville, KY : American Printing House for the Blind), 1995.