Anyone knew Handel wrote a St John’s Passion?
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Did you know Handel wrote a St John’s Passion? Me, neither, and I’m still not convinced….
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You can hear all sorts of excerpts from it on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=handel+st.+john+passion
Indeed. And there has been much written about its provenance, though I am thinking mainly of articles and papers by musicologists, and thus unlikely to be known to anti-musicological SD. And so comes about the assumption — “me neither” — that we are all just as unaware of the work, just as ignorant of what can be known about it.
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