Handel’s Messiah is one of the most popular classical compositions played at the holidays. Filled with biblical passages and ...
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Handel’s ‘Messiah’ wasn’t meant to be Christmas music, but it still became a Chicago holiday staple
Some Chicagoans came to appreciate “Messiah” as a piece of music with appeal that extended beyond its Christian themes.
The story of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah”—its composition, premier and gradual rise to worldwide popularity—has been ...
Dr. King is a professor at Georgetown and the author of “Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s ‘Messiah.’” When Charles Jennens, a wealthy art collector, first heard ...
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