The Messiah was RLDS Music

Messiah: The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece

I remember this clearly, as a boy in the Fifties, in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri.

The RLDS church was at its peak, with Graceland College (a junior college), the San (a teaching hospital), and Rest Haven (for elderly church members).

It also presented yearly, its own performance of The Messiah, on the radio - to show it was important in music also. We knew nothing of the music's origins - for us, it was our music.

At the time, the RLDS church was dominant in the Midwest, and the LDS were dominant in the West.

We had no idea, how fast this was going to change.