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- From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
- Subject: Messiah "Amen" and tympani
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 12:37:00 GMT
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- In the Colin Davis recording of Handel's "Messiah"
- the final "amen" is "spelled out" by the typamni.
- In Robert Shaw's recording, the tympani play only
- a roll on the last syllable. Which way is "right"?
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