Handel's Messiah - Vocal Score

Messiah Vocal Score Christmas Sheet Music THE MESSIAH, Handel's most successful and best known oratorio, was composed in the year 1741 in twenty four days, from August the 22nd to September the 14th. It was first performed at a concert given for charitable purposes at Dublin, Ireland, on April the 13th, 1742, with Handel, himself conducting the performance. As the centuries have passed, a considerable number of vocal scores have, of course, been made after Flandel's partition; notably that by Dr. Clarke (Whitfield Clarke, 1809), and a later one by Vincent Novello.  Their value, however, was more or less doubtful, their character being rather that of transcriptions in pianoforte style, with not infrequent arbitrary or capricious aberrations, than a faithful and exact reduction of the orchestral score. Neither have the more recent editions of vocal scores based on the Mozart orchestra score, with its many contrapuntal charms, quite fulfilled expectations, as they materially increased the difficulty of the piano part. Hence, a vocal score which should be in every way reliable and practical has become a matter of prime necessity. The present edition agrees at every point with Handel's original score, as it follows the facsimile edition of this latter with most careful exactitude. Slight deviations from the original, which in the course of many years have obtained almost traditional authority, are inserted in small notes in every case, the professional artist being left free to employ them or not, at his discretion. All we like sheep (Handel) And He Shall Purify (Handel) And The Glory Of The Lord (Handel) And with His stripes (Handel) Behold the Lamb (Handel) Behold, and see (Handel) But thanks be to God (Handel) But Thou didst not leave (Handel) But Who May Abide(Messiah) Every Valley (Messiah - Handel) For Unto Us A Child Is Born Glory To God Hallelujah Chorus He Shall Feed His Flock He trusted in God (Handel) He Was Despised His yoke is easy (Handel) How Beautiful Are Feet (Handel) I Know Redeemer Liveth (Handel) If God Be For Us Let all the angels (Handel) Let us break their bonds (Handel) LIFT UP UR HEADS YE MIGHTY GATES (Anon.) Lift up your heads (Handel) The Lord gave the word (Handel) O death, where is thy sting (Handel) O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings People Who Walked In Darkness (Handel) Rejoice Greatly Daughter(Handel) Since By Man Came Death (Handel) Surely He Hath Borne Our (Handel Their sound is gone (Handel) Thou art gone up on high (Handel) Thou Shalt Break Thm W/A Rod (Handel) Trumpet Shall Sound Why do the nations so furiously (Handel) Worthy is the Lamb (Handel-Messiah)