At the risk of Memeing myself...

Nov 14, 2008 00:02

  • Grab the nearest book.
  • Open it to page 56.
  • Find the fifth sentence.
  • Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
  • Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
From Handel's Messiah edited by Watkins Shaw.

It's really a mess with the different voice parts. And we really don't get 5 sentences in one page, so I guess I'll pick the 5th phrase. Hey! It's the hardest line I have in Messiah (bass, choral). "For un-to us a child is born.". The only issue is that the "o" in born continues for 56 notes at high speed.

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