Judas Maccabaeus," which the Oratorio Society will sing at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday evening, Feb. 20, under Frank Damrosch's direction, is one of the several choral compositions written by Handel ...

Mattathias soon dies, but appoints his son, Judas Maccabeus, to take command of the military forces they have gathered (2:66). Judas leads the Jewish people in a series of astounding victories ...