The Bible as Music

1 Corinthians 15:51-52

⁵¹ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

⁵² In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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Behold I tell you a mystery (recitative), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by WeiShu Tsai, Dallas Philharmonic Choir

SHEET MUSIC: Messiah, Edited by Watkins Shaw, Novello Handel Edition. 257 pages

FREE SHEET MUSIC: Choral Public Domain Library

1 Corinthians 15:21-22

²¹ For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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Since by man came death (chorus), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Royal Choral Society, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of London School for Girls

SHEET MUSIC: Messiah, Edited by Watkins Shaw, Novello Handel Edition. 257 pages

FREE SHEET MUSIC: Choral Public Domain Library

Job 19:25-26; 1 Corinthians 15:20

²⁵ For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

²⁶ And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

²⁰ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

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I know that my redeemer liveth (air), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Sylvia McNair, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

SHEET MUSIC: Messiah, Edited by Watkins Shaw, Novello Handel Edition. 257 pages

FREE SHEET MUSIC: Choral Public Domain Library

Psalm 2:9

⁹ Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

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Thou shalt break them (air), from Messiah (1741) by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)

Performed by Paul Elliott, Academy of Ancient Music

SHEET MUSIC: Messiah, Edited by Watkins Shaw, Novello Handel Edition. 257 pages

FREE SHEET MUSIC: Choral Public Domain Library