Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75 (Handel, George Frideric)
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G.F. Händel's Werke: Ausgabe der Deutschen Händelgesellschaft (1858-94,1902); Band 12.
Leipzig: Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, 1861. Plate H.W. 12.
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| Work Title | Alexander's Feast or the Power of Musick, HWV 75 |
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| Composer | Handel, George Frideric |
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| Opus/Catalogue Number | HWV 75 |
| Number of Movements/Sections | 2 Acts |
| Year/Date of Composition | 17 January 1736 |
| Librettist | By John Dryden, 1697, arranged by Hamilton, with additional texts by Hamilton. |
| Language | English / German |
| Genre | Other (secular - choir (other) with accompaniment) |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
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- Act I
- Overture
- Recitative: 'Twas at the royal feast
- Aria and Chorus: Happy, happy, happy pair
- Recitative: Timotheus plac'd on high
- Recitative: The song began from Jove
- Chorus: The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound
- Aria: With ravish'd ears
- Recitative: The praise of Bacchus
- Aria: Bacchus ever fair and young
- Chorus: Bacchus' blessings are a treasure
- Recitative: Sooth'd with the sound
- Recitative: He chose a mournful muse
- Aria: He sung Darius, great and good
- Recitative: With downcast looks
- Chorus: Behold Darius, great and good
- Recitative: The mighty Master smiled to see
- Aria: Softly sweet in Lydian measure
- Aria: War, he sung, is toil and trouble
- Aria: The prince unable
- Chorus: The many rend the skies
- Act II
- Recitative: Now strive the golden lyre again
- Chorus: Break his bands of sleep asunder
- Recitative: Hark, hark! the horrid sound
- Aria: Revenge, Timotheus cries
- Aria: Behold the ghastly band
- Recitative: Give the vengeance due
- Air and Chorus: The princes applaud with a furious joy
- Air and Chorus: Thais led the way
- Recitative: Thus long ago
- Chorus: At last divine Cecilia came
- Recitative and Chorus: Let old Timotheus yield the prize
- Chorus: Your voices tune
