1. Music Through the Ages THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 ST

2. Objectives  Handel Review  Listening Review  Quiz on Monday  Continue Handel Oratorios and Operas  Happy Thursday!

3. Handel Review  What were the years of Handel? Who was one of his major teachers at a young age?  What were his primary instruments? Who took notice of his talent at a young age?  What career path was Handel initially slated to pursue? What job opportunity did he take in 1703?  Which major music school/academy did he work for in 1719?  Handel worked first for a prince and then a King, which one?  What is an anthem? What is an overture? What is sonata form?

4. Listening Review  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH2-4D32azo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH2-4D32azo  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-D8pUsIm5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-D8pUsIm5g  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7nXpDmFThc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7nXpDmFThc  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiXgOQ9_-RI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiXgOQ9_-RI  Chandos Anthem No. 9, HWV 428, Dixit Dominus, Zadok the Priest

5. Handel’s Oratorios  Handel wrote at least 28 Oratorios, that we know of  Esther – 1718; revised in 1732  Saul – 1738 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22BdaFiInrchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22BdaFiInrc  Israel in Egypt – 1739 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2KWdBHVBOw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2KWdBHVBOw  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DsXjQeExfo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DsXjQeExfo  Messiah – 1741 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngSsaSimi8Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngSsaSimi8A  Samson – 1741  Hercules – 1744 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dveok-mMyLQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dveok-mMyLQ  Judas Maccabaeus – 1746  Jeptha – 1751

6. The Messiah  Written in English in 1741  The librettist was Charles Jennens who compiled most of the liturgical text from the King James Bible  Also, the Psalms included throughout come from the Book of Common Prayer  It is divided into three parts:  Part I: The anticipation of the coming of the Messiah and the virgin birth (Luke)  Part II: Christ’s Passion and Death, Resurrection and Ascension  Part III: Promise of Redemption, impending day of Judgement

7. Messiah Listening  Please sit back, relax, and listen to the following movements from Handel’s Messiah.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZTZRtRFkvk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZTZRtRFkvk