DECEMBER 9 "HANDLE'S MESSIAH"
One of the great influences on Frederick Handle's life
was while he was writing the Messiah in three weeks. in reading the passage in
the Gospel of Luke, of the Messiah’s entry into the world. While reading the
text, Handle was inspired to sit down and try to compose music to such a great
event.
When Frederick
locked himself up in a room for 23 days and tried to compose music, as close to
at least humanely possible, as to what this might have sounded
like....something came over him!!!
Handle, before writing the messiah, had rented a
theatre for his own use, and though he had some successes, he had more failures;
he was bankrupt twice through his opera business"
But when Frederick Handle decided to sit down to write
and compose music to the entry of Jesus Christ into the world, he ended up,
supernaturally or miraculously, you could say, writing the most brilliant piece
of music many say has ever been written. ....in a piece of orchestra, even
redone by the great Mozart, the piece is known today, simply as… “Handle’s Messiah”.
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