Handel, George Frederick. (1685–1759) [Commer, Franz. (1813–1887)] Der Messias - Copyist Manuscript, ca. 1840Full score copyist manuscript of Handel's Messiah, ca. 1840, in an unknown hand, from the collection of the German musicologist Franz Commer. The handsomely copied manuscript contains the complete work with parallel texts in German and English, including an extensive appendix with the alternate or additional numbers "But who may abide," "Rejoice greatly" (4 4 version), "Thou art gone up on high" (2 alternate versions for alto and bass), "How beautiful