The nobility, gentry, and the public, are most respectfully informed, that Handel's Sacred Oratorio the Messiah will be performed, positively for the last time this season, this evening, Wednesday, April 1, 1829 [program] / under the sole management and direction of Mr. Hawes.

Record ID: 
392634
Accession number: 
PMC 1108
Title: 
The nobility, gentry, and the public, are most respectfully informed, that Handel's Sacred Oratorio the Messiah will be performed, positively for the last time this season, this evening, Wednesday, April 1, 1829 [program] / under the sole management and direction of Mr. Hawes.
Published: 
London : Joseph Mallett, Printers, 1829.
Notes: 

Alexandre Artôt, aged 14, played a violin concerto between Parts II and III of the program. (Master L. Werner and Master Smith also performed.)
At head of sheet: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
At foot of sheet: The Chorus will be numerous and complete, assisted by the Young Gentlemen of His Majesty's Chapel Royal and St. Paul's Cathedral, and under the superintendence of Mr. J. T. Harris ... Joseph Mallett, Printer, 59, Wardour Street, Soho.

Associated names: 

Mallett, Joseph, printer.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Messiah.
Artôt, Alexandre Joseph, 1815-1845.

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Department: 
Music Manuscripts and Printed Music
Music Collection: 
Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection