12. He sung Darius, great and good

From Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75, Part I

Composer	George Frideric Handel
Key	E flat major → c minor
Meter	6/8
Tempo	Largo e piano
Length	44 measures

About the text

• Author: Newburgh Hamilton

Instrumentation

Notes

Resources

• Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/1, p. 51
• Scores at IMSLP ›
• Wikipedia ›

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