Handels' Messiah - A Rhetorical Guide by Judy Tarling Keywork_Double Key Dotted notes

Dotted notes

since you so much desire

and the snare is on the bottom head

due fagotti

Handels' Messiah - A Rhetorical Guide by Judy Tarling Keywork_Double Key Dotted notesThis is a book for all lovers of Handel's Messiah, whether performer or listener, choir member or director, solo singer or orchestral musician. The story of the creation of the Messiah is followed by a close unpicking and rhetorical analysis of the biblical text as presented to Handel by his friend Charles Jennens. Then Handel's setting of the text to music is described, showing how devices such as word painting, repetition, questions and exclamations