The occasional oratorio : as it is perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden / set to music by Mr. Handel.

Record ID: 
113602
Creator: 
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Title: 
The occasional oratorio : as it is perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden / set to music by Mr. Handel.
Published: 
London : I. Walsh, [ca. 1747]
Notes: 

Libretto by Hamilton, after Milton and Spenser. Cf. New Grove dictionary of music and musicians.
Full score.
T.p.: p. [1] (1st group); "A table of the songs in the Occasional oratorio": p. [3] (1st group); music: p. 2-71 (2nd group); "Additional air, in a late Oratorio compos'd by Mr. Handel : sung by Sigra Francesina" (from Deborah; first line: May heav'n attend her): p. 73-75 (2nd group); "Sung by Mr Reinhold" (an aria from Athalia; first line: Ah canst thou but prove me): p. 76-78 (2nd group).
Engraved.
First ed., 2nd issue.

Provenance: 

From the library of Ralph Leycester.

Associated names: 

Hamilton, Newburgh, 1691-1761, librettist.
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Deborah. May heav'n attend her.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Athalia. Ah canst thou but prove me.
Leycester, Ralph, former owner.

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