[BITList] A Happy and Holy Christmas

[John Feltham]

G'day Hugh,

On 17/12/2011, at 4:59 AM, HUGH wrote:

> Was it German Geordie who stood up in shock on hearing the Hallelujah Chorus, thus starting a habit that has persisted to this day? Aye.

Shock?  I understood it to be Awe!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)

But on second thoughts I had a search…

"The custom of standing for the "Hallelujah" chorus originates from a belief that, at the London premiere, King George II did so, but there is no convincing evidence that the king was present, or that he attended any subsequent performance of Messiah; the first reference to the practice of standing appears in a letter dated 1756."




ooroo



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