Maccabaeus
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First performed in 1747, Judas Maccabaeus was among Handel's most popular works in the 18th and 19th centuries, though nowadays we are apt to regard it as among his most controversial.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2012
Their efforts will culminate in performances of Handel's " Judas Maccabaeus;" Haydn's " Paukenmesse;" Poulenc's " Gloria" and Bizet's " Te Deum."
From New York Times ● May 7, 2010
Baroque period holiday music, featuring selections from Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus," Zielenski's "Magnificat à 12," and works by Michael Haydn and Johann Kuhnau.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2009
In his first regalia he was an earnest formal concert artist, exhibiting his smooth ingratiating voice at its best in a long sustained aria from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus.
From Time Magazine Archive
The greatest of the sons of the priest was called Maccabaeus, "the Hammer," because he smote his enemies so fiercely.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
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