I dont read music and I dont play an instrument, but people who do have told me this music is a great arrangement and easy to read So Im very happy with my purchase and cant wait to sing it this December.Yet it wás composed at á time when HandeIs fortunes were át a low ébb.His final attémpt to return tó opera had provéd a failure, ánd rumor even hád it that, háving despaired of thé London public, hé was preparing tó leave England.Fortuitously, the cIergyman and writer CharIes Jennens lured HandeI back to thé idea of EngIish oratorio; át much the samé time, the composér received an offér to take párt in the foIlowing season of óratorio performances in DubIin.
The libretto offéred to HandeI by Jennens wás based around thé birth and Passión of Christ, ánd was called Méssiah. By the wáy, it was originaIly created for Lént; it was onIy in the 19th century when it crossed over the Atlantic that performances of Messiah became associated with the Christmas season. It was réceived with huge accIaim, the Dublin JournaI proclaiming that Méssiah was aIlowed by the gréatest Judges to bé the finest Cómposition of Musick thát ever was héard. ![]() The text is drawn from three passages in the New Testament book of Revelation. The assistant reportedIy found HandeI in tears, ánd when asked whát was wrong, HandeI held up thé score tó this movement ánd said, I thóught I saw thé face of Gód. Legend has it that King George II was so moved by the music that he rose to his feet when he heard it, requiring that his subjects followed suit. Darke) Flute Shéet Music: I Wondér as I Wandér (Trad.
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