Handel Choir of Baltimore
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The Handel Choir of Baltimore is a choir
based out of Baltimore, Maryland, which has been performing since the 1930s. The ensemble is known for an annual performance of Messiah
by George Frideric Handel
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Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
based out of Baltimore, Maryland, which has been performing since the 1930s. The ensemble is known for an annual performance of Messiah
Messiah (Handel)
Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742, and received its London premiere nearly a year later...
by George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
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