3. Ev’ry valley shall be exalted

From Messiah, HWV 56, Part I, Scene 1: Isaiah’s Prophecy of Salvation

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	E major
Meter	4/4
Tempo	Andante
Length	84 measures

English text
Ev’ry valley shall be exalted, and ev’ry moutain and hill made low, the crooked straight, and the rough places plain.
Opera Stanford

About the text

• Author: Charles Jennens
• Text references: Isaiah 40:4 (nearly verbatim)

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/17, p. 8, p. 8
• Bärenreiter piano–vocal score ›
• Opera Stanford ›
• Scores at IMSLP ›
• Wikipedia ›

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