#12 Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah - advent calendar by Katrine Nyland Sorensen

Dec 13, 20185:36Society & Culture

It has been reported that Handel hardly ate anything during the 24 days it took him to write the music for Messiah. How the food which the waiter brought the busy composer remained untouched. How tears smeared the notes....

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