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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: George Frideric Handel, Pt. II

What’s an oratorio again? Whatever it is, Handel invented the English version. And English wasn’t even his first language!

07/26/2025
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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The Oratorio

An Oreo-whattio? This morning, an oration more communal than chocolate creme-filled cookies. Bach, Handel, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Kanye West all have something to say about opera's little brother.

12/21/2024

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