Tainted Glory in Handel's Messiah: The Unsettling History of the World's Most Beloved Choral Work by Michael Marissen

Tainted Glory in Handel's Messiah: The Unsettling History of the World's Most Beloved Choral Work

Michael Marissen

232 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

music challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Every Easter, audiences across the globe thrill to performances of Handel’s "Hallelujah Chorus,” but they would probably be appalled to learn the full extent of the oratorio’s anti-Judaic message. In this pioneering study, respected musicologist M...

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