Alexanders-Fest, oder, Die Gewalt der Musik : zu Ehren der heil. Cäcilia / von Dryden, und in Musik gesetzt von Georg Friedrich Händel ; anno 1736 zu London in Conventgarden zum erstenmahle aufgeführet', 1766-1770?

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Alexanders-Fest, oder, Die Gewalt der Musik : zu Ehren der heil. Cäcilia / von Dryden, und in Musik gesetzt von Georg Friedrich Händel ; anno 1736 zu London in Conventgarden zum erstenmahle aufgeführet', 1766-1770?

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Fair copy in a neat hand; monogram at foot of half-title, 'JH'. Pages numbered by hand, with a calligraphic half-title ('Kantate') and title-page. Includes handwritten libretto. Soprano arias corresponding to nos. 11 & 14 in original work not by Handel; includes additional chorus after original no. 19.

1 score ([8], 107 p.) ; 39 cm.

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