Book: Messiah: The Gospel According To Handel's Oratorio Bullard provides an informed, readable commentary specifically on the libretto, or text, of Handel's Messiah, explaining each part in terms of: how the language differs from the King James Version of the Bible; what the passage of Scripture meant in its original context; and how the citation fits in the artistic and religious structure of the oratorio as a whole.
Details of Book: Messiah: The Gospel According To Handel's Oratorio Book: Messiah: The Gospel According To Handel's Oratorio
Author: Roger A. Bullard
ISBN: 0802801250
ISBN-13: 9780802801258
, 978-0802801258
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Sep 1993
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 164
Language: English