Messiah : in full score [music] /
George Frideric Handel ; edited by Alfred Mann.
- New York : Dover, 1989.
- 1 score (x, 226 pages) : music ; 31 cm.
Libretto by Charles Jennens, taken from the Bible and Prayer book Psalter. Includes critical commentary with bibliographical references. Reprint. Originally published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers, the State University, 1959-65 (Rutgers University documents of music ; no. 6)
PART I : 1. Sinfony -- 2. Comfort ye (Acc. Recit.) -- 3. Every valley (Aria) -- 4. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed (Chorus) -- 5. Thus saith the Lord (Acc. Recit.) -- 6. But who may abide the day of His coming (Aria) -- 7. And He shall purify (Chorus) -- 8. Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Recitative) -- 9. O thou that ellest good tidings to Zion (Aria and Chorus) -- 10. For behold, darkness shall cover the earth (Acc. Recit.) -- 11. The people that walked in darkness (Aria) -- 12. For unto us a child is born (Chorus) -- 13. Pifa -- 14. There were shepherds abiding in the field (Recitative) -- 15. And the angel said unto them (Recitative) -- 16. And suddenly there was with the angel (Acc. Recit.) -- 17. Glory to God (Chorus) -- 18. Rejoice grealy, O daughter of Zion Aria) -- 19. Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened (Recitative) -- 20. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd (Aria) -- 21. His yoke is easy (Chorus) -- PART II : 22. Behold the Lamb of God (Chorus) -- 23. He was despised (Aria) -- 24. Surely He hath borne our griefs (Chorus) -- 25. And with His stripes we are healed (Chorus) -- 26. All we like sheep have gone astray (Chorus) -- 27. All they that see Him, laugh Him to scorn (Acc. Recit.) -- 28. He trusted in God that He would deliver Him (Chorus) -- 29. Thy rebuke hath broken his heart (Acc. Recit.) -- 30. Behold, and see if there be any sorrow (Arioso) -- 31. He was cut off out of the land of the living (Acc. Recit.) -- 32. But Thou dist not leave His soul hell (Aria) -- 33. Lift up your heads, O ye gates (Chorus) -- 34. Unto which of the angels said He (Recitative) -- 35. Let all the angels of God worship Him (Chorus) -- 36. Thou art gone up on high (Aria) -- 37. The Lord gave the word (Chorus) -- 38. How beautiful are the feet of them (Aria) -- 39. Their sound is gone out into all lands (Chorus) -- 40. Why do the nations so furiously rage (Aria) -- 41. Let us break their bonds asunder (Chorus) -- 42. He that dwelleth in heaven (Recitative) -- 43. Thou shalt break them (Aria) -- 44. Hallelejah! (Chorus) -- PART III : 45. I know that my Redeemer liveth (Aria) -- 46. Since by man came death (Chorus) -- 47. Behold, I tell you a mystery (Acc. Recit.) -- 48. The trumpet shall sound (Aria) -- 49. Then shall be brought to pass (Recitative) -- 50. & 51. O death, where is thy sting - But thanks be to God (Duet & Chorus) -- 52. If God be for us (Aria) -- 53. Worthy is the Lamb (Chorus).