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Messiah HWV 56
Facsimile of the Autograph Score
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This deluxe facsimile edition presents a meticulously reproduced copy of Handel's original autograph score of Messiah HWV 56, held in the British Library, London.
The manuscript comprises 140 pages in landscape format with ten five-line musical staves per page, featuring Handel's handwritten musical notation, Italian directions, and English lyrics.
The facsimile includes scholarly introduction and commentary by renowned Handel scholar Donald Burrows, explaining the characteristics of Handel's manuscript, the history of the work's composition, and differences between later versions.
A two-page sketch from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge is also included.
The manuscript comprises 140 pages in landscape format with ten five-line musical staves per page, featuring Handel's handwritten musical notation, Italian directions, and English lyrics.
The facsimile includes scholarly introduction and commentary by renowned Handel scholar Donald Burrows, explaining the characteristics of Handel's manuscript, the history of the work's composition, and differences between later versions.
A two-page sketch from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge is also included.
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Listed in the reading list as a facsimile of Handel's autograph manuscript of Messiah (British Library, 2009).
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