Messiah: The Wordbook for the Oratorio

George Frideric Handel, (Illustrator) Barry Moser, (Introduction) Christopher Hogwood

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ISBN 10: 0060217790 ISBN 13: 9780060217792

Published by Willa Perlman Books, 1992

Language: English

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Title

Messiah: The Wordbook for the Oratorio

Publisher

Willa Perlman Books

Publication Date

1992

Language

English

ISBN 10

0060217790

ISBN 13

9780060217792

Binding

Oversized Hardcover

Illustrator

Moser, Barry

Condition

Good

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MUSIC-CLASSICAL

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An illustrated edition of the libretto for Handel's popular choral work

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Like a richly decorated but inedible pastry, this overblown volume falls flat under the sheer weight of its own pomposity. Neither cream-stock pages nor elegant typefaces nor Moser's occasionally lovely, often bleak and largely obscure watercolors can lift this volume off the launching pad. Highly pedigreed conductor Christopher Hogwood's sturdy, scholarly introduction may find a rapt audience among music lovers, but few others--and certainly no child--will wade through the ponderous prose. Not particularly useful for sing-alongs (it contains only the libretto), the book may find a niche as a coffee-table curio, but marketing it as a children's book seems myopic. Indeed, some may believe that this particular publication (the dust-jacket blurb mentions the word "gift" not once but twice) contradicts the true spirit of Christmas that Handel's sublime music so movingly voices. Bah, humbug! All ages.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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