Handel's Messiah Supplemental Content
Handel's Messiah: An Interactive Listening Guide
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About George Frederic Handel
About Messiah
What is an Oratorio?
A Peek at the Music
Hallelujah Chorus Aural Map
Instrument Study
Messiah Performance Listening Guide
Draw What You Hear Grid
Extra Messiah Resources
ABOUT GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL
Learn more about Handel with this documentary.
ABOUT MESSIAH
Learn about different musical textures here: Introduction to Musical Texture! | Music Theory for Kids
WHAT IS AN ORATORIO
Characteristics of Opera & Oratorio and their differences.
A PEEK AT THE MUSIC
WORD PAINTING
CONTRARY MOTION
TEXTURE
HALLELUJAH CHORUS AURAL MAP
Click here to listen to the Hallelujah chorus.
INSTRUMENT STUDY
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Trumpet
Harpsichord
Timpani
Organ
Oboe
Bassoon
MESSIAH LISTENING GUIDE
Full length video performance:
DRAW WHAT YOU HEAR GRID
How Beautiful Are The Feet Of Them
Hallelujah Chorus
For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage Together
EXTRA MESSIAH RESOURCES
Videos:
Kids overview of Handel’s Messiah from SUPERBOOK
Other oratorios to explore:
Felix Mendelssohn’s “Elijah”
Josef Haydn’s “Creation”
Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John’s Passion"