Show Music of Years Ago to be Sung Here Handel Composed The Messiah In t 1741 When It Vas First Given In Dublin Still Most Popular Oratorio and Throngs Assemble to Hear It Each Year I HE OGDEN 0 G DEN TABER ACLE THE CHOIR soloists and orchestra on S y will mu lc 35 years year before the American Declaration ot Independence Independence dence and about IGO years beCore the tint first automobile chugged Its WilY over a 0 city street Styles In eating drinking dress ond amusements have h ve changed greatly In It 5 years but the th mu- mu music mu music sic which drew audiences that long ago still has so o ronK a lold upon music lovers lover that flock yearly carly to hear the I music which pleased our ancestors I The Tho Messiah Handel most oratorio was for the tho tint first time In 1741 In Dub Dub- Dublin Dublin lin Ireland with Handel conduct conduct- conductIng conducting ing Thereafter Handel conducted tho oratorio annually y for tor eral ears in London and for tor the th OO year earll which have h ve owed followed the th first performance the th famous mu- mu music mu-cic mu sic has retained the elements clements that appeal to the music lovers of ot the several generations The Immense work was wis com composed I IThe posed In 21 28 das This Included the score core for the tho tour parts part ot o the choir and nd the music for the se eral ever Instruments of ot the orchestra WAS W niGE TASK Just to copy this represents represents a huge task to accomplish In the tir time devoted by Handel tor both the th composition competition and the placIng placing ing ot the notes on piper paper Dublin In Ull 1841 did not hav han tho Instrumental resources of ot Londono London so Handel pave gave most of the accompaniment accompaniment to the strings the th violas cellos os and basses using the theother theother other instruments instrument to add color to the musical foundation above which th tho choir and soloists ts per perform per per- perform form Outside ot the strings th tho onlY Instrument in the original score cor to receive a a solo part was the trum trum- trumpet trumpet pet for which Handel composed a stirring obligate to go with the bass solo olo The Tir Trumpet Sound He H wrote no part Cor oboe or bassoon because he felt fell It unlikely that Dublin possessed ade- ade adeQuate ade adequate quate performers upon those two Instruments HACK IJ TO ORIGINAL A In the Intervening year sever several composers compo ers Including Mozart took upon themselves the task of ot mod Handels Handel's music and Mozart urt's orchestration as n s popular for many years but for tor the past 25 yean or so o conductors have gono back to the th original Handel Handl nr- nr The Th score used by Mr In his den Os-den tabernacle choir performances ot The Tho Mes- Mes sinh virtually Is a a duplicate of It the score which Handel dashed oft off so soI I hurriedly under the inspiration ot othis his subject which score core has lIas come cometo to be accepted as the enduring one Among the tho notable performances of The Messiah In tho United States are those given annually bythe by bythe the Oratorio society In New lew York conducted by the A brief announcement of the th date all that Is necessary to pack tho concert hall The Messiah was selected for forone one of ot the outstanding musical tractions it-tractions at- at attractions tractions at th tho exposition In Philadelphia when the masted choirs choir of ot Philadelphia with the Philadelphia Symphony orchestra and outstanding soloists the tho oratorio early In InJune inJune June In the exposition auditorium auditorium |