In this episode, Jason Nedecky and I work our way through the text to Handel’s "The Trumpet Shall Sound" from Messiah, talking about the letter 'L', a little bit about glottals, and when to knowingly break the rules of lyric diction!
The NY Times article that I mentioned, entitled "In Handel's 'Messiah', the trumpet as divine agent" is available here.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com
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