[78-L] Messiah..sources

[Philip Carli]

Although Handel borrowed from other composers' works pretty freely at times, I'm fairly sure _Messiah_ is all Handel's own, though it is possible he reworked some of his own earlier music for it; he wrote it very quickly.  I'd have to look for a recent study to make sure, but the old W. G. Cusins monograph didn't cite any extraneous sources.  PC
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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] on behalf of David Lennick [dlennick at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 1:42 PM
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Subject: [78-L] Messiah..sources

Does anyone know if Handel borrowed or reworked other composers' melodies for
"The Messiah" and have any documentation? This wasn't all that uncommon 300
years ago..Ombra Mai Fu is known to have existed as something else.

dl

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