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Do, a deer, ' sang Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music. That method of a capella pedagogy is called tonic sol-fa, a form of solfege invented in the early 1800's by one Sarah Ann Glover and later dev...

Hallelujah Chorus

Hallelujah Chorus

This chorus from Handel's Oratorio Judas Maccabaeus was composed in 1746 and was first performed in London in 1747.In 1884, Edmund Louis Budry wrote new words to this chorus to create the well known h...

This chorus from Handel's Oratorio Judas Maccabaeus was composed in 1746 and was first performed in London in 1747.In 1884, Edmund Louis Budry wrote new words to this chorus to create the well known h...

This chorus from Handel's Oratorio Judas Maccabaeus was composed in 1746 and was first performed in London in 1747.In 1884, Edmund Louis Budry wrote new words to this chorus to create the well known h...

'Messiah' (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Friedrich Händel. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one o...

'Messiah' (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Friedrich Händel. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one o...

'Messiah' (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Friedrich Händel. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one o...

'Messiah' (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Friedrich Händel. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one o...

Handel's most frequently performed and most famous oratorio is probably best known for the famous Hallelujah. The Hallelujah is the grand chorus that caused the King to rise from his seat and, as all...