Type of Submission
Podium Presentation
Keywords
Handel, Messiah, musical theology, biblical, Jennens, libretto, response, Hallelujah
Proposal
Handel’s Messiah has brought the compassionate message of Christ and His saving grace to nations across the globe since 1742. Composed in a mere twenty-four days by Handel and with a libretto written by Charles Jennens, Messiah preaches to audiences then and now of the coming of Christ, how His people responded, and how we, as listeners, should respond. Through Messiah’s textual foundation, composition, and extramusical performance aspects (outside the explicit score), Jennens and Handel spread this message of hope to all who would come and listen. The aim of this presentation is a demonstration of specifically how the creators used these features to convey that life-changing substance.
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The Kingdom of This World is Become the Kingdom of Our Lord: Revealing the Theology Preached in Handel’s Messiah
Handel’s Messiah has brought the compassionate message of Christ and His saving grace to nations across the globe since 1742. Composed in a mere twenty-four days by Handel and with a libretto written by Charles Jennens, Messiah preaches to audiences then and now of the coming of Christ, how His people responded, and how we, as listeners, should respond. Through Messiah’s textual foundation, composition, and extramusical performance aspects (outside the explicit score), Jennens and Handel spread this message of hope to all who would come and listen. The aim of this presentation is a demonstration of specifically how the creators used these features to convey that life-changing substance.
