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From:  "Tako Oda" <toda@m...>
"Tako Oda" <toda@m...>
Date:  Mon Dec 3, 2001  8:05 pm
Subject:  Re: MESSIAH question - musicological gossip


--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., > one page where it says "words selected from Holy Scripture
> by Charles Jennens."

Dear Leslie,

Jennens wrote an English libretto from scripture, and Handel set it.
Jennens is on record as saying Handel did a passable job of setting
the text - what a hoot!

Tako Oda
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