Doublereed Archive - Posting 000026.txt from 2005/12

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day...Happy Holidays to All
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:18:07 -0500


When "Messiah" was first performed in London (1743), as the chorus struck=20
up, 'For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth' ['Hallelujah Chorus'], reportedl=
y=20
the audience and King George II stood and remained standing until the choru=
s=20
had ended. Some days after the first performance, H=E4ndel visited Lord Kin=
noul.=20
His lordship paid him compliments on "the noble entertainment." H=E4ndel is=
=20
said to have remarked...

"My Lord, I should be sorry if I only entertained them; I wished to make=20
them better."

*Biographica Dramatica: "On the authority of the Earl of Kinnoul"; quoted i=
n=20
G. Hogarth: Musical History, Biography and Criticism (1838) and James=20
Beattie (1780) =20

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