1. Overture

From Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Part I

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	F major
Meter	4/4 → 6/8
Tempo	Maestoso
Length	103 measures

About the text

• Author: Newburgh Hamilton

Instrumentation

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/1,
  p. 1
• Scores at IMSLP ›
• Wikipedia ›

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