Handel's Messiah: A Celebration

Author/Contributor(s):	Luckett, Richard
Publisher:	Mariner Books
Date:	10/13/1995
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Luckett explores the background and composition of Messiah--the often stormy relations between Handel and his librettist, the colorful lives and personalities of the original soloists, and the circumstances of the first performance in Dublin, 1742. Paintings, engravings, caricatures, and fascimiles.