On Thursday, December 21, 2017, 11:42:05 AM GMT, he...@hotmail.com
[FairfieldLife] wrote:
Re Handel: when he composed Messiah, I believe he'd been living in
London, England next to nothing short of 30 yrs? YES
But he premiered the piece in Dublin. Later on there were London performanc
Re Handel: when he composed Messiah, I believe he'd been living in London,
England next to nothing short of 30 yrs?
Handel's Messiah was originally performed in Dublin, Ireland around Easter
time. It was designed as a concert piece. Many back then objected to it being
sung by theater people. Somehow the work has become associated more with
Christmas than Easter.
As for singing, "The Lord" is two syllables an
Good point. ‘Transcendent’ peace would work.
This last week we had a sing-along of Handel's Messiah in Fairfield
and I sat there singing through the libretto wondering how
it sings as a Transcendentalist might sing it.
The paraphrase pops a meaning out right away
in to a more contemporary ‘sp
"Transcendence of peace" means to go beyond peace, I am not sure that is what
you meant. It would mean peace is bypassed.
The might mean the absence of peace or it could mean something beyond peace and
non-peace, but not peace itself.
It could also mean one transcends non-peace, and somehow ga
How beautiful are they who preach the Transcendence of peace, and bring glad
tidings of good things.
Their sound is gone out into all lands,
and their words unto the ends of the world.
Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and why do the people imagine a
vain thing?
The ki
