This work's manuscript ends with the phrase Soli deo Gloria, after the composer completed the work in less than a month with a libretto by Charles Jennens.
This work's manuscript ends with the phrase Soli deo Gloria, after the composer completed the work in less than a month with a libretto by Charles Jennens. This work's fourth scene contains a pifa, or a pastoral symphony, before the "Annunciation to the Shepherds." Songs from this work include "The trumpet shall sound" and "I know that my Redeemer liveth," as well as a section that George II apocryphally stood at the sound of. For 10 points, name this oratorio by Georg Friedrich Handel about the life of Jesus Christ, typically performed around Christmas.
This work's manuscript ends with the phrase Soli deo Gloria, after the composer completed the work in less than a month with a libretto by Charles Jennens.
Messiah