Record ID:
113600
Creator:
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Title:
Messiah : an oratorio in score as it was originally perform'd / composed by Mr. Handel ; to which are added his additional alterations.
Published:
London : Printed by Messers Randall & Abell successors to the late Mr. J. Walsh, [1767]
Notes:
Full score.
T.p.: p. [1] (1st group); list of subscribers: p. [3]-[4] (1st group); Index: p. [5] (1st group); music: p. 1-188 (2nd group), Appendix: p. 1-35 (3rd group)
Engraved.
Second ed. Cf. Smith, p. 125.
Messiah was probably first issued in three separate parts, each with its own title and index page. Cf. Fuld, James J. The first complete printing of Handel's Messiah, in Music & letters 55 (October 1974), p. 454-457.
Department:
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