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The Messiah Controversy: Creative verse in 1743 London paper Messiah Moment Wednesday, November 28, 2012: From Gerald Chaffin News from Lindsey Wilson Choral Ensembles The 1742 Messiah premiere in Dublin was a remarkable success. Reviews stated "universal Satisfaction to all." Even the Bishop Dr. Edward Synge wrote, "The whole is beyond any thing I had a notion of . . . It Seems to be a Species of Musick different from any other." He also added the observations: "the young of both Sexes were present in great numbers, their behaviour was uniformly grave & decent, which Show'd that they were not only pleas'd but affected with the performance. Many, I hope, were instructed by it, and had Sentiments inspir'd in a Stronger Manner on their Minds." In the spring of 1743 Handel brought Messiah to London with less than desirable results. Even before the performance, it was criticized "for desecrating the sacred story by being performed in a secular venue" - at the Playhouse! Local papers carried heated debate regarding the appropriateness of the location, resulting in some creative verse from the London Daily Advertiser: Cease, Zealots, cease to blame these Heav'nly Lays,In another issue we read that it cannot be "defended as Decent, to use the same Place one Week as a Temple to perform a sacred Oratorio in, and the next as a Stage, to exhibit the Bufooneries of Harlequin." Messiah made a significant recovery in London, but it took years, only after Handel returned the work to its original intent - the 1749 benefit for the Foundling Hospital "for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted young Children." - Gerald Chafin The community Messiah-sing with Lindsey Wilson College Choral Ensembles is Monday evening, December 3, 2012, at 7pmCT/8pmET, at Columbia Baptist Church, 201 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY. This story was posted on 2012-11-28 10:15:32
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