Tune: MESSIAH (Handel)

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MESSIAH (Handel)

Composer: George F. Handel (1741); Arranger: John E. West (1918)
Published in 2 hymnals

Composer: George F. Handel

George Frideric Handel (b. Halle, Germany, 1685; d. London, England, 1759) became a musician and composer despite objections from his father, who wanted him to become a lawyer. Handel studied music with Zachau, organist at the Halle Cathedral, and became an accomplished violinist and keyboard performer. He traveled and studied in Italy for some time and then settled permanently in England in 1713. Although he wrote a large number of instrumental works, he is known mainly for his Italian operas, oratorios (including Messiah, 1741), various anthems for church and royal festivities, and organ concertos, which he interpolated into his oratorio performances. He composed only three hymn tunes, one of which (GOPSAL) still appears in some modern hy… Go to person page >

Arranger: John E. West

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Tune Information

Title:	MESSIAH (Handel)
Arranger:	John E. West (1918)
Composer:	George F. Handel (1741)
Incipit:	55555 44456 77777
Key:	D Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

Come unto Me, Ye Weary

The Kingdoms Of This World

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Arrangements

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Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Sing Praise! 2: Varied Accompaniments for Fifteen Hymns
Composer/Editor Mathew H. Corl
Published By: The H. W. Gray Company (2002) pp. 30
Hymn Intonations for Organ: Harmonizations and Intonations for Congregational Singing
Composer/Editor V. Earle Copes
Published By: Hope Publishing Company (1990) pp. 10

Organ Solo

The Organ Portfolio Volume 81 Number 6 July August 2018: The Service Music Anthology for the Church Organist
Composer/Editors Carson P. Cooman; Brenda Portman
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2018) pp. 12
The Sacred Organ Journal Volume 52 Number 4 March April 2018: The Organist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Carson P. Cooman; Robert J. Powell
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2018) pp. 8
The Organist's Companion Volume 35 Number 3 March April 2013: A Bi-monthly Journal of Quality Organ Music for the Practical Church Musician
Composer/Editors Wayne Leupold; Richard Greene
Published By: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. (2013) pp. 8
The Organist Volume 114 Number 5 November December 2010: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; David Paxton
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2010) pp. 46
Wood Works for Organ Book 2
Composer/Editor Dale Wood
Published By: The Sacred Music Press (1989) pp. 17
Interpretations Based on Hymn-Tunes Book IV: For Organ
Composer/Editor David M. Cherwien
Published By: Art Masters Studios, Inc. (1984) pp. 3
Hymntune Preludes for the Organ Volume 1: Advent Christmas Epiphany
Composer/Editor G. Winston Cassler
Published By: Augsburg Publishing House (1960) pp. 1

Piano Solo

The Church Pianist Volume 3 Number 3 January 1987: The Pianist's Companion for the Church Year
Composer/Editors Hugh S. Livingston, Jr.; Robert W. Thygerson
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1987) pp. 10

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