Just in time for tonight's Minnesota Orchestra broadcast of Handel's Messiah, the British Museum has placed their original manuscript draft of the work online.*
There's lots to explore: not just the notes, but audio narration and music samples, program notes, and Handel's own jottings, crossings-out, and a spectacular ink blob on p. 22.
*Plug-in installation may be required.
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