Word: maccabaeus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...composer of Handel's immense stature should be the author of only one work which has "lived." His prolific and unfailing genius produced, in a lifespan of 74 years, an amazing amount of organ and harpsichord music, 46 operas, and such oratorios as "Israel in Egypt," "Semele," and "Judas Maccabaeus," all of which have been almost completely neglected. Perhaps even "The Messiah" would have disappeared had it not become an accustomed ritual of Christmas...