Georg Friedrich Händel
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| Date of birth | 23 February 1685 (in Julian calendar) Halle (Saale) (Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire) Georg Friedrich Händel | ||||
| Date of death | 14 April 1759 Westminster (Middlesex, Kingdom of Great Britain) | ||||
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Portraits
German stamp, 1959
Work
Music
Messiah (MIT Concert Choir)
Deutsch: Der Messias
English: The Messiah
Español: El Mesías
Français : Le Messie
日本語: 『メサイア』
Polski: Mesjasz
Part I
- 01. Sinfonie (listen)
- 02. Arioso (Tenor): Comfort ye my people (listen)
- 03. Arie (Tenor): Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (listen)
- 04. Chor: And the glory, the glory of the Lord (listen)
- 05. Rezitativ (Bass): Thus said the Lord (listen)
- 06. Arie (Bass): But who may abide (listen)
- 07. Chor: And He shall purify (listen)
- 08. Rezitativ (Alt): Behold, a virgin shall conceive (listen)
- 09. Arie (Alt) und Chor: O thou that tellest (listen)
- 10. Rezitativ (Bass): For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (listen)
- 11. Arie (Bass): The people that walked in darkness (listen)
- 12. Chor: For unto us a Child is born (listen)
- 13. Pifa (Pastoralsinfonie) (listen)
- 14. Rezitativ (Sopran): There were shepherds (listen)
- 15. Rezitativ (Sopran): And lo, the angel of the Lord (listen)
- 16. Rezitativ (Sopran): And suddenly there was with the angel (listen)
- 17. Chor: Glory to God in the highest (listen)
- 18. Arie (Sopran): Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (listen)
- 19. Rezitativ (Alt): Then shall the eyes of the blind (listen)
- 20. Duett (Alt, Sopran): He shall feed his flock (listen)
- 21. Chor: His yoke is easy (listen)
Part II
- 01. Chor: Behold the Lamb of God (listen)
- 02. Arie (Alt): He was despised (listen)
- 03. Chor: Surely he hath borne our grieves (listen)
- 04. Chor: And with his stripes we are healed (listen)
- 05. Chor: All we like sheep (listen)
- 06. Rezitativ (Tenor): All they that see Him (listen)
- 07. Chor: He trusted in God (listen)
- 08. Rezitativ (Tenor): Thy rebuke hath broken His heart (listen)
- 09. Arie (Tenor): Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (listen)
- 10. Rezitativ (Sopran): He was cut off out of the land (listen)
- 11. Arie (Sopran): But thou didst not leave (listen)
- 12. Chor: Lift up your heads (listen)
- 13. Rezitativ (Tenor): Unto which of the angels (listen)
- 14. Chor: Let all the angels of God worship Him (listen)
- 15. Arie (Alt): Thou art gone up on high (listen)
- 16. Chor: The Lord gave the word (listen)
- 17. Arie (Sopran): How beautiful are the feet (listen)
- 18. Chor: Their sound is gone out (listen)
- 19. Arie (Bass): Why do the nations so furiously (listen)
- 20. Chor: Les us break their bonds asunder (listen)
- 21. Rezitativ (Tenor): He that dwelleth in heaven (listen)
- 22. Arie (Tenor): Thou shalt break them (listen)
- 23. Chor: Halleluja! (listen)
Messiah (Edison recordings)
Deutsch: Das Messias
English: The Messiah
Español: El Mesías
Français : Le Messie
日本語: 『メサイア』
Polski: Mesjasz
Part III
Fireworks Music
Deutsch: Feuerwerksmusik
Polski: Muzyka sztucznych ogni
Water Music
Deutsch: Wassermusik
Polski: Muzyka na wodzie
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