Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, Recitative "But who may abide" (original recitative version)
~ Aria
Annotation
Original fragment recitative version. In likelihood the usually-performed air in part I is an arrangement of this.
See the notes by John Butt in https://musicbrainz.org/release/6ced19c3-4937-44c5-81b7-9df7b25c3fab
"Although a recitative version does indeed survive for ‘But who may abide’, this is found in sources considerably later than those used for Dublin, and may well be of doubtful authenticity. ... For this recording, we have decided to adopt the full bass version of the aria in the sequence of the recording, placing the surviving recitative version in the appendix of disc 1."
Annotation last modified on 2026-03-06 10:20 UTC.
Relationships
| composer: | George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) |
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| arrangement of: | Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 6. Air “But who may abide” |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| Messiah: Appendix. Recitative: But who may abide | Dunedin Consort, John Butt | 0:27 | ||