Music for tenor

This day, a solemn feast

From Samson, HWV 57, Act I, Scene I

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Length	9 measures

About the text

Author: Newburgh Hamilton

Instrumentation

Samson (Tenore I)
Continuo

Notes

After John Milton’s dramatic poem, Samson Agonistes.

Resources

Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/18.1, p. 20
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