In a message dated 12/3/01 10:58:51 AM Central Standard Time, LYNDA313@a... writes: LYNDA313@a... writes:
> Jennens wrote the libretto (in English) and then Handel set it to music. > >
Well Hallelujah! That answers that! Were Jennens and Handel friends? Would Jennens have come to Handel and asked him to put the words to music? Or was this some type of published work that Handel took upon himself to put to music?
I really need to go do laundry but I would much rather be an academic at this moment in time................
Leslie
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