Mark Batterson: The ‘Double Blessing’ of Handel’s Messiah - Word&Way

Mark Batterson: The ‘Double Blessing’ of Handel’s Messiah

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On August 22, 1741, George Frideric Handel started composing. He would not leave his home for three weeks. finally emerging from his writing room with a 259-page masterpiece called Messiah.

That’s the backstory, but here’s the rest of the story.

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Mark Batterson