亨德尔《弥赛亚》--不列颠图书馆亲笔手稿签名总谱影印版 精装 BVK02109
Händel, Georg Friedrich
Messiah (Messias) HWV 56
Facsimile of the autograph score in the British Library, London
Edition no. BVK02109
ISBN 9783761821091
Volume / Series Documenta musicologica II/40 / Bärenreiter Facsimile
Editor Burrows, Donald
Product format Facsimile
Binding Half-cloth binding
Pages / Format 352 S. - 32,5 x 27,8 cm
The first performance of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio “Messiah” on 13 April 1742 in Dublin aroused unqualified rapture. A newspaper report a few days later declared that it combined “the Sublime, the Grand, and the Tender”. Its success has remained undiminished ever since, and the “Messiah” has taken its place in musical life.
In 2009, to mark the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death, the British Library and Bärenreiter joined forces and made the autograph score of the “Messiah” available to the public in a meticulously reproduced, lavishly published facsimile.
The renowned Handel scholar Donald Burrows introduces the characteristics of Handel’s manuscript, describes the history of the work’s composition, and explains the differences between later versions of the “Messiah”, as reflected in the conducting scores. A two-page sketch from the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge completes the publication.
