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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/worksofrevjo04newt/page/n14/mode/1upThe celebrated German-British composer G.F. Handel premiered his now famous oratorio "Messiah" in 1742. In 1785 there was a celebration at Westminster Abbey of Handel's birth 100 years before. It was on this occasion that John Newton decided to preach 50 sermons from the Bible passages that form the libretto (by Charles Jennens) of Messiah. The sermons were preached over two years in the Parish Church of St. Mary Woolnoth, Lombard-Street - 3 miles from Westminster Abbey. (Summary by InTheDesert)
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
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End of recording:"Sermon # of Messiah: Fifty Expository Discourses on the Oratorio of Handel. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Messiah: Fifty Expository Discourses on the Oratorio of Handel, by John Newton. Section Title."
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Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Messiah: Fifty Expository Discourses on the Oratorio of Handel, by John Newton."
Filename: messiahhandel_##_newton_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. messiahhandel_01_newton_128kb.mp3)
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