Hallelujah from Handel's Messiah (every year I always get excited when Christmas rolls around knowing that I will be attending at least one live performance of Messiah)
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah The kingdom of this world Is become The kingdom of our God And of His Christ And He shall reign forever King of Kings For ever and ever And Lord of Lords
George Frideric Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks
See, the conqu'ring hero comes and Sing Unto God from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus
See, the conqu'ring hero comes! Sound the trumpets! Beat the drums! Sports prepare! The laurel bring! Songs of triumph to him sing!
See the godlike youth advance! Breathe the flutes and lead the dance! Myrtle wreaths and roses twine to deck the hero's brow divine!
See, the conqu'ring hero comes! Sound the trumpets! Beat the drums! Sports prepare! The laurel bring! Songs of triumph to him sing! See, the conqu'ring hero comes! Sound the trumpets! Beat the drums!
Sing unto God, and high affections raise, To crown this conquest with unmeasur'd praise.
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Interesting. He was born the same year as Bach.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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And anyone who has ever seen “Barry Lyndon” will recognize this other work by Handel right away,
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
I have loved classical music since I was a small lad. Our music teacher used to play various pieces as we left assembly in the morning. One piece that stuck in my mind was March of the Toreadors.
My first record purchases (around late 60's,early 70's) were classical,in fact I still have them although no record player to play them on.
