Messiah : An Oratorio. As Performed at the Theatres Royal, the Music Composed by Mr. Handel

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
++++
The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++
<sourceLibrary>Cambridge University Library

<ESTCID>T172139

<Notes>The libretto only; the words selected from the Bible by Charles Jennens.

<imprintFull>London : printed for J. Barker, at the Pit-door, in Russell-Court, Drury-Lane, [1785?]. <collation>16p. ; 4(deg)