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Alexander's Feast (Dryden) "Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music" (1697) is an ode by John Dryden. It was written to celebrate Saint Cecilia's Day. Jeremiah Clarke set the original ode to music, but the score is now lost. Background In 1683 the Musical Society of Lo ...
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Alexander's Feast (Handel) ''Alexander's Feast'' ( HWV 75) is an ode with music by George Frideric Handel set to a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton. Hamilton adapted his libretto from John Dryden's ode '' Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music'' (1697) which had been written ...
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