Alexander's Feast, HWV 75（ヴォーカル・スコア） パレストリーナ Useful throughout the church's year

Useful throughout the church's year

with its famous melodic Largo movement

Both pieces spoofed the theatrical practices of the day

Trio G-dur (unbekannte Vorlage) BWV 586 (im Anhang)

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Alexander's Feast, HWV 75（ヴォーカル・スコア） パレストリーナ Useful throughout the church's yearFor the magnificent opening of the oratorio season at the beginning of 1736 Handel presented a composition which, like hardly any of his other oratorios, gave him the opportunity to display his musical artistry: John Drydens ode Alexanders Feast or the Power of Music, published in 1696, demonstrates the power of music by the example of the ancient hero, Alexander the Great. From the impressive lament on the death of Darius, the King of Persia, to the