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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000059.txt from 2005/12

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day...Happy Holidays to All
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:05:28 -0500


"[A Lady] being very musical, was invited by him [H=E4ndel] to a private=20
rehearsal of the "Messiah," and being struck with the exceeding dignity of=20
expression in the choruses and other parts of ye oratorio so inimitably set=
to the=20
sacred works, after the musick was over, she asked him how it was possible=20=
for=20
him "who understood the English language but imperfectly," to enter so full=
y=20
into the sublime spirit of the words. His answer is I think a lesson to all=
=20
Composers, at least of Sacred Musick,"

"Madam, I thank God I have a little religion.
"a letter to Lord Mornington, 30 March, 1776

-Charles Burney (1726-1814) English music historian and initiator of the=20
1784 H=E4ndel Commemoration; "An Account of the Musical Performances...in=20
Commemoration of H=E4ndel," (1785) =20

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