Handel's Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus artwork

The History of Handel’s Messiah The History of Handel’s Messiah. A musical rite of the holiday season, the Baroque-era oratorio still awes listeners more than 250 years after the composer’s death Jonathan Kandell December 2009 George Frideric Handel (at age 64 in 1749) produced works, including Messiah that dazzled even theContinue Reading