Author:Charles Jennens

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Charles Jennens
(1700–1773)

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English landowner and patron of the arts, who assembled the text several of Handel's oratorios.

Works

Saul (1738)
Israel in Egypt (1738)
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (1740)
Messiah (1741)
Belshazzar (1744)

As editor

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Tragedy, Bowyer & Nichols edition (1773) (external scan)

Works about Jennens

"Jennens, Charles," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Jennens, Charles," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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