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BNL.773.044
15 Jul 1773:33 (3641)
On the 21st instant, (being the commencement at Cambridge)
will be performed in the [Court-House], a grand concert of
vocal and instrumental music, for the benefit of Mr. Colman,
to be led by Mr. Turner, and accompanied by the band of his
Majesty's 64th Regiment.
In the last act will be performed the most capital
choruses in the Messiah, the solemn and so justly celebrated
oratorio, composed by that great master of harmony George
Frederic Handel, Esq; which is esteemed by the connoisseurs
in that noble science, to be the first production in the
musical world, and in which the utmost efforts of the human
mind are happily exerted -- The first chorus will begin at
the words " Hallelujah for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth;
the Kingdom of this world." &c.
Tickets will be at 4s. L.M. or 3s sterl. each--may be had
at the British Coffee-House, Boston, and at Mr. Howe's
Cambridge.----No money will be received at the door. P.M. 8
o'clock precisely.
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