He turned to English oratorio in the 1730s in response to changes in public taste Messiah was his sixth work in this genre.
Handel's reputation in England, where he had lived since 1712, had been established through his compositions of Italian opera. After an initially modest public reception, the oratorio gained in popularity, eventually becoming one of the best-known and most frequently performed choral works in Western music. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742 and received its London premiere nearly a year later. Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible, and from the Coverdale Psalter, the version of the Psalms included with the Book of Common Prayer.
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