Messiah, HWV 56
George Frideric Handel · 1685 – 1759
- Form
- Sacred oratorios, 2sop alt ten bass ch orch, En
- Instrumentation
- Voices, Chorus, Orchestra
- Year composed
- 1741
- Era
- Baroque
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Complete Score
John Christopher Smith · Manuscript, ca.17xx
492 pp. · 481.5 MB
Complete Score
Ebenezer Prout · Novello · London · Plate 11570
371 pp. · 92.9 MB
Complete Score
J. M. Coopersmith · Carl Fischer · New York · Plate N1057 (30165)
270 pp. · 34.3 MB
Complete Score
Thomas Tertius Noble Max Spicker · Schirmer · New York · 1912 · Plate 22945
262 pp. · 53.1 MB
Complete Score
First edition (reprint) · London · 1767
240 pp. · 359.7 MB
Complete Score
Arnold Schering, Kurt Soldan Brian Priestman, revisions · Edition Peters · Leipzig · Plate 11406
233 pp. · 23.4 MB
Complete Score
Arnold Schering, Kurt Soldan · Edition Peters · Leipzig · Plate 11406
232 pp. · 37.8 MB
Complete Score
Novello · London · 1902 · Plate 8332
227 pp. · 16.8 MB
Complete Score
Percy Goetschius · Ditson · Boston · 1909 · Plate 5-51-67341-209
216 pp. · 18.5 MB
Complete Score
Litolff · Braunschweig · Plate 1701
214 pp. · 25.3 MB
Complete Score
Heugel · Paris · 1875 · Plate H.4594
211 pp. · 41.8 MB
Complete Score
Edition Peters · Leipzig · Plate 5964
171 pp. · 12.0 MB
Parts 1-2
Thomas Tertius Noble Max Spicker · Schirmer · New York · 1912 · Plate 22945
150 pp. · 21.5 MB
Complete Score
George Frederick Harris · Boosey & Co · London · 1862
118 pp. · 22.8 MB
Complete Score
The Overture and Songs in the Oratorio of the Messiah
51 pp. · 8.9 MB
Cellos
Manuscript, ca.17xx
49 pp. · 11.6 MB
Complete Libretto
J. Watts · London
20 pp. · 14.5 MB
Complete Score
''4 Alt-Arien aus Haendel's Messias''
15 pp. · 72.7 MB
Cellos/Basses
Manuscript, ca.17xx
12 pp. · 2.6 MB
47. Behold, I tell you a mystery 48. The trumpet shall sound
John Clarke-Whitfeld · London · Plate No.21 Messiah
8 pp. · 996 KB
45. I know that my Redeemer liveth
John Stevenson · London · Plate 531
6 pp. · 572 KB
31. He was cut off; 32. But thou didst not leave
London
4 pp. · 469 KB
3. Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1700s).
4 pp. · 1.8 MB
Violas
Unknown Scribe · Manuscript, ca.presumably 17xx
2 pp. · 2.9 MB
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Complete Score (mono)
Friedrich Chrysander
350 pp. · 45.7 MB
Complete Score (color)
Friedrich Chrysander
354 pp. · 826.0 MB
Part I
John Christopher Smith Sr. John Christopher Smith, additions · Manuscript, ca.17xx
182 pp. · 541.4 MB
Part II
John Christopher Smith Sr. John Christopher Smith, additions · Manuscript, ca.17xx
210 pp. · 627.5 MB
Part III
John Christopher Smith Sr. John Christopher Smith, additions · Manuscript, ca.17xx
92 pp. · 295.4 MB
Oboe 1, 2
Arnold Schering · Edition Peters · Leipzig
32 pp. · 2.8 MB
Bassoon
Arnold Schering · Edition Peters · Leipzig
30 pp. · 3.0 MB
Cellos/Basses
Arnold Schering · Edition Peters · Leipzig
44 pp. · 3.9 MB
Continuo
Arnold Schering · Edition Peters · Leipzig
84 pp. · 8.4 MB
Organ
Arnold Schering · Edition Peters · Leipzig
36 pp. · 3.1 MB
Timpani
Arnold Schering · Edition Peters · Leipzig
2 pp. · 170 KB
Trumpet 1, 2 (C)
Arnold Schering · Edition Peters · Leipzig
8 pp. · 588 KB
Violas
Arnold Schering · Edition Peters · Leipzig
28 pp. · 3.0 MB
Violins I
Arnold Schering · Edition Peters · Leipzig
40 pp. · 4.2 MB
Violins II
Arnold Schering · Edition Peters · Leipzig
40 pp. · 4.1 MB
4. Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord
Thomas Tertius Noble Max Spicker · Schirmer · New York · 1912 · Plate 22945
8 pp. · 492 KB
7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify
Thomas Tertius Noble Max Spicker · Schirmer · New York · 1912 · Plate 22945
11 pp. · 520 KB
12. Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
Thomas Tertius Noble Max Spicker · Schirmer · New York · 1912 · Plate 22945
11 pp. · 684 KB
17. Chorus: Glory to God
Thomas Tertius Noble Max Spicker · Schirmer · New York · 1912 · Plate 22945
5 pp. · 290 KB
21. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy
Thomas Tertius Noble Max Spicker · Schirmer · New York · 1912 · Plate 22945
6 pp. · 390 KB
Recitative and Aria: Comfort ye ... Ev'ry valley (Part I)
Ebenezer Prout
11 pp. · 743 KB
Aria: But thou didst not leave his soul in hell (Part II)
Ebenezer Prout
3 pp. · 260 KB
Aria: How beautiful are the feet (Part II)
Ebenezer Prout
2 pp. · 147 KB
Aria: I know that my redeemer liveth (Part III)
Ebenezer Prout
7 pp. · 498 KB
Duet: He shall feed his flock (Part I)
Ebenezer Prout
5 pp. · 335 KB
Aria: He was despised (Part II)
Ebenezer Prout
6 pp. · 348 KB
Extract
John Russell · Portrait of Charles Wesley (1757–1834) Oil on canvas, n.d.(ca.1780).
1 pp. · 126 KB
Extract (detailed image)
John Russell · Portrait of Charles Wesley (1757–1834) Oil on canvas, n.d.(ca.1780).
1 pp. · 62 KB