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Messiah Overture
George Frideric Handel (arr. Johnson)
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General Info
Year: 1741 / 1966
Duration:
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Rubank Inc.
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $50.00 | Score Only (print) - $5.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere nearly a year later. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music.
The opening Sinfony is composed in E minor for strings, and is Handel's first use in oratorio of the French overture form.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
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State Ratings
- West Virginia: III
Performances
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- Maybrook (N.Y.) Wind Ensemble (Kevin Scott, conductor) – 11 December 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008/2014)
- Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1741/2013)
- Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1741/2003)
- Hornpipe from the "Water Music" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1717/2012)
- Handel's Largo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1738/2007)
- See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1746/2007)
- Water Music Suite (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1717)
All Wind Works
- Air and Finale (arr. Balent) (1717/1989)
- Amen (arr. Grace)
- Antiphonal Alleluia (arr. Liebergen) (1746/1999)
- Ariodante Suite (arr. Elledge) (1735/2004)
- Arm, Arm, Ye Brave (arr. Barrow) (1746/1980)
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Allen) (1748/2007)
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Kenny) (1748/1988)
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Ricketts) (1748/2004)
- Concerto Grosso, Op 6
- Concerto Op. 5, No. 6 (arr. Werle)
- Conquering Hero Comes, The, from "Judas Maccabeus"
- Dead March from "Saul"
- Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Marlatt) (1748/2011)
- Finale Grandioso (arr. Philip Gordon)
- Fughetta (tr. Conley) (1986)
- The Gods Go A-Begging (arr. Beecham; arr. Duthoit; rev. Leidzen) (1929/1947)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (arr. Marlatt) (2008)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008/2014)
- Hallelujah (arr. Davis and Longfield) (1741/2004)
- Hallelujah, Amen (arr. Barnes) (1986)
- Hallelujah Chorus (arr Ades) (1741/1958)
- Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Barnes) (1741/1988)
- Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Chiaffarelli) (1741/1941)
- Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Glover) (1741/2016)
- Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Johnson) (1741/1951)
- Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Longfield) (1741/1994)
- Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Rondeau) (1741/2010)
- Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1741/2013)
- Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1741/2003)
- A Handel Celebration (arr. Erickson) (1985)
- Handel's Largo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1738/2007)
- The Harmonious Blacksmith (arr. Osterling) (1720/1992)
- The Harmonious Blacksmith (arr. Syler) (1720/2020)
- Hear Me, Ye Winds and Waves (arr. Barrow) (1726/1973)
- Hornpipe from the "Water Music" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1717/2012)
- Hornpipe from "Water Music Suite" (1717)
- La Rejouissance (arr. Williams)
- La Rejouissance from "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (arr. Seipp)
- Larghetto (arr. Bullock) (1738/1994)
- Larghetto (arr. Molenaar) (1739-40/1955)
- Largo (arr. Barnes) (1738/1988)
- Largo (arr. Fagan) (1738/2004)
- Largo (arr. Hautvast) (1738/)
- Lascia Ch'io Pianga (arr. Tamura) (1711/2014)
- Let Me Weep (arr. Haan) (1711/2004)
- March and Gavotte (arr. King) (1705/1956/1990)
- Menuet Varié (Clarinet Choir) (arr. Hautvast) (/2011)
- Menuet Varié (Saxophone Quartet) (arr. Hautvast) (/2011)
- Menuetto from Symphony No. 104 "London" (arr. Glover)
- Messiah Overture (arr. Johnson) (1741/1966)
- The Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Boudreau) (1749/1959)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Erickson) (1749/1997)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (rescored Hindsley) (1749/197-?)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Leenhouts) (1749/2021)
- The Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Mackerras and Baines) (1749/1960)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (ed. Rodenmacher) (1749/)
- Music for Two Wind Bands (arr. Schaefer) (1977)
- No Shade So Rare (arr. Forsblad) (1738/1999)
- An Occasional Suite (arr. Osterling) (1746/1958)
- Overture in D Minor
- Passacaglia (arr. Longfield) (c. 1720/2014)
- Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Sartorius) (1749/1941)
- Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Schaefer) (1749/1982)
- Sarabande (arr. Daehn) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
- Sarabande (arr. Gingery) (1703-1706/1733/1976)
- Sarabande (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1703-1706/1733/2012)
- Sarabande (arr. Hautvast) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
- See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1746/2007)
- Slow March from "Scipio"
- Song of Jupiter (arr. Anderson) (1952)
- Suite from "Messiah" (trans. Curnow) (1741/1989)
- A Suite of Baroque Dances (arr. Kinyon) (1979/1995)
- Thanks Be to Thee
- Three Chorales for Band (with Pasquini and Tchaikovsky; arr. Thornton) (1992/2004)
- Three Movement from "Water Music" (arr. Wagner) (1715/2014)
- Water Music (arr. Longfield) (1717/1997)
- Water Music Suite (arr. Erickson) (1717/1985)
- Water Music Suite (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1717)
- Water Music Suite (arr. Kay) (1717/1950)
- Zadok the Priest
Resources
- Handel, G.; Johnson, C. (1966). "Messiah" Overture [score]. Rubank: Chicago, Ill.
- Messiah (Handel), Wikipedia.