!!!COM: Handel, George Friderick
!!!OPR: Messiah
!!!OTL: Recitative
!!!OMV: 1-15
!!!SCT: HWV 56
!!!SCA: Verzeichnis der Werke Georg Friedrich Händel (B. Baselt)
!!!YOR: Chrysander Edition
!!!EED: Nicholas McGegan, John Roberts, Eleanor Selfridge-Field
!!!ENC: Edmund Correia, Jr.
!!!CDT: 1685/2/23/-1759/4/14/
!!!OCY: Deutschland; England
!!!YEC: Copyright (c) 1994, 2000 Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities
!!!YEM: Rights to all derivative editions reserved.
!!!YEM: Refer to licensing agreement for further details.
!!!YEN: United States of America
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