Messiah : a sacred oratorio : tonic sol-fa / [music by] Handel.

Format:

Musical score

Author/Creator:

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.

Contributor:

Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773, librettist.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Classical scores library.

Standardized Title:

Messiah. Vocal score

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oratorios--Vocal scores without accompaniment.

Oratorios.

Genre:

Oratorios.

Vocal scores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 vocal score (v, 126 pages))

Edition:

Tonic sol-fa vocal score.

Place of Publication:

London : Novello & Company, [1902]

Language Note:

Staff notation.

In English.

Contents:

Overture

Recit. 'Comfort Ye, My People' Tacet

Air 'Ev'ry valley shall be exulted' Tacet

Chorus 'And the glory of the Lord'

Recit. 'Thus saith the Lord' Tacet

Air 'But who may abide the day of His coming' Tacet

Chorus 'And He shall purify'

Recit. 'Behold a virgin shall conceived' Tacet

Air 'O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion' Tacet

Recit. 'For, behold, darkness' Tacet

Air 'The people that walked in darkness' Tacet

Chorus 'For unto us a child is born'

Pastoral Symphony. Tacet

Recit. 'There were shepherds' Tacet

Recit. 'And the angels' Tacet

Recit. 'and suddenly there was with the angel' Tacet

Chorus 'Glory to God'

Air 'Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion' Tacet

Recit. 'Then shall the eyes of the blind' Tacet

Air 'He shall feed His flock like a shepherd' Tacet

Chorus 'his yoke is easy and His burthen is light'

Chorus 'Behold the lamb of God'

Air 'He was despised and rejected' Tacet

Chorus 'Surely he hath borne our griefs'

Chorus 'And with His stripes we are healed'

Chorus 'all we, like sheep, have gone astray

Recit. 'All they that see Him' Tacet

Chorus 'He trusted in God'

Recit. 'Thy rebuke' Tacet

Air 'Behold and See' Tacet

Recit. 'He was cut off out of the land of the living' Tacet

Air 'but thou didst leave his soul in hell' Tacet

Chorus 'Lift up your heads'

Recit. 'Unto which of the angels' Tacet

Chorus 'Let all the angels of God worship Him'

Air 'Thou art gone up on high' Tacet

Chorus 'The Lord gave the word'

Air 'How beautiful are the feet' Tacet

Chorus 'Their sound is gone out unto all lands'

Air 'Why do the nations so furiously rage together' Tacet

Chorus 'Let us break their bonds'

Recit. 'He that dwelleth in heaven' Tacet

Air 'Thou shalt break them' Tacet

Chorus 'Hallelujah'

Air 'I know that my redeemer liveth' Tacet

Chorus 'Since by man came death'

Recit. 'Behold, I tell you a mystery' Tacet

Air 'The trumpet shall sound' Tacet

Recit. 'Then Shall be brought to pass' Tacet

Duet 'O death, where is thy sting' Tacet

Chorus 'but thanks be to God'

Air 'If God be for us' Tacet

Chorus 'Worthy is the lamb that was slain'.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 21, 2016).

Written in 1741.

Reduction for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass solo voices and unaccompanied SATB chorus.

Includes performance notes in English.

OCLC:

950028629

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.