Smithsonian Magazine

The Glorious History of Handel’s Messiah

George Frideric Handel (at age 64 in 1749) produced works, including Messiah that dazzled even the musical titans who would succeed him. AGE Fotostock George Frideric Handel's Messiah was originally ...
The New York Times

"THE MESSIAH" IN A REVISED SCORE; What the Oratorio Society Is to Sing In Its Christmas Performance of Handel's Masterwork -- Time-Honored Blunders and Mozart's Revis- ion in ...

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Rutland Herald

Handel’s ‘Messiah’: Why is an Easter masterpiece performed for Christmas?

“Messiah,” George Frederic Handel’s great oratorio, has become a ubiquitous part of Christmas celebrations worldwide — and yet it was written for Easter. Only the first third of “Messiah” is about the ...
Chicago Tribune

Handel’s ‘Messiah’ wasn’t meant to be Christmas music, but it still became a Chicago holiday staple

For nearly a century and a half, voices have rung out in Chicago each December, proclaiming: “Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!” The German-British composer George Frideric ...
NJ.com

Organists pull out all the stops for Handel's 'Messiah'

For organists, December means stepping out of the choir loft and into the spotlight. “Most people, when they think of a pipe organ, they think of an organ played in church,” says organist Trent ...