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HANDEL – Halleluya (Aleluya) Chorus from ‘The Messiah’ – this music has been specially produced for Four Cellos or Cello Orchestra

Download Contents or Instructions:

PDF 1 – Cello parts I and II (9 pages in all)

PDF 2 – Cello parts III and IV(9 pages in all)

PDF 3 – General Score (11 pages in all)

General difficulty of the music – other brief Information:

MEDIUM to DIFFICULT. There is an alternative ending iffered which is far more comfortable, otherwise the final bars are rather difficult!

The Messiah is usually regarded as Handel’s greatest masterpiece. The composition was written down in just 24 days in the late summer of 1741. He was almost in a trance, hardly sleeping or even eating at this time. His servants would even find him in tears as he composed. When he had completed the great “Halleluja” chorus he reportedly told his servant, “I did think I did see all Heaven before me, and the great God Himself seated on His throne, with His company of Angels.”

David Johnstone has transported the work into G major to be much kinder to cellists; however some thumb position experience is required for Cellos I and II, with suggested fingerings (never obligatory) being noted in the individual parts but not in the main score. The performance can be equally effective with four solo cellists or an orchestra of cellos (in which case the more the better!)

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