Structure of Handel's Messiah

Messiah
Oratorio by George Frideric Handel
Title page of Handel's autograph score
Year1741 (1741)
PeriodBaroque
TextCharles Jennens, from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer
Movements53 in three parts
ScoringSATB soloists and choir; instruments

Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts, listed here in tables for their musical setting and biblical sources.

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