Messiah Oratorio · 2023

Messiah: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Soprano)

1 recording5 documented2 to look at

Publishing · the song

Songwriting rights

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s rolenot credited as a writer — this side concerns the writers listednot a writer

Composition in public data“Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 19. Recitative “Then shall the eyes of the blind” (Contralto)”documented

ISWC (composition code)no ISWC in the open databases — check it at your societynot found here ↗

Writers documentedGeorge Frideric Handeldocumented

Unclaimed-works listsnot on the 12 lists we checkednone found

Recording · the master

Neighbouring rights

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf’s roleperformer on the recording — neighbouring rights applyperformer

ISRC (recording code)GBAYC2300825documented

Released inno release country in public datato check

Unidentified-plays listsnot on the lists we checkednone found

Where these statuses come from

Public music databases and societies' published lists. Societies' own registers can only be checked by you — the links below open them.

On the radio

“Messiah: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Soprano)” was not found on the public stations we track

What we searched: 16 public stations

Playlists published by public broadcasters, loaded every night (back to 5 Oct 2025): Sveriges Radio P4 Stockholm (Sweden), BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 1Xtra (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 2 (United Kingdom), KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle (United States), Double J (Australia), BBC Radio 6 Music (United Kingdom), triple j Unearthed (Australia), ABC Jazz (Australia), ABC Classic (Australia), Sveriges Radio P3 Din gata (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P1 (Sweden), triple j (Australia), Sveriges Radio P2 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P3 (Sweden).

Commercial radio, TV and most countries don't publish playlists, so a song missing here can still be played elsewhere. These plays are what authors' and performers' societies pay on — compare them with your statements.

Where to check

Start with your home society

Songwriting

GEMA · Germany ↗

Recording

GVL · Germany · login

Then every country where this song was released (none in public data): 1 songwriting and 1 recording societies.

Songwriting — all

GEMA · Germany ↗

Recording — all

GVL · Germany · login

This song in money

What this song should earn per semester

Songwriting

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no writer credit for you in public data

Recording

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How this is calculated

Public estimate from 0 ListenBrainz listens, your share of the writer credits and your role on the recording — often low outside the UK and US, and streaming only.

The full method

Recordings of this song

Messiah: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Soprano)Messiah Oratorio · 2023

ISRC GBAYC2300825 · you: performer

Sources

Messiah: Recitative: Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd (Soprano) (Messiah Oratorio) on MusicBrainz ↗