Messiah

Rarity: Uncommon

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Arts and letters

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What Wikipedia says

Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale Psalter by Charles Jennens. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere a year later.

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Image: George Frideric Handel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.