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Handel
Oratorios
Alexander’s Feast
15. The mighty master smil’d
15
. The mighty master smil’d
From
Alexander’s Feast
,
HWV
75, Part I
Composer
George Frideric Handel
Key
C major → A major
Meter
4/4
Length
6 measures
About the text
Author: Newburgh Hamilton
Instrumentation
Tenore
Continuo:
Violoncello
+
Violone
Notes
There is also a German translation by Ramler
Resources
Full score: Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/1, p. 58
Scores at
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