Besides, why claim that a certain edition is “revised and edited,” when all the care and musical knowledge seem to have been expended on the harmonies only? Surely, the voice-part in these classics is not without its need of elucidation.
An edition of The Messiah, revised for performance, can scarcely be called accurate when such defects as the following occur:
“And they
— ’ were sore afraid.”
The following is the authentic mode of performing the phrase:
“And ——
’ they were sore afraid.”
