Genre Categories | Odes; Secular choruses; Choruses; |
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Work Title | Ode on Handel |
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Alternative. Title | An Ode on Handel, perform'd at the Commemoration Dinner, May 26th 1785, address'd to The Earl of Exeter, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Uxbridge, Sir Watkin Wms Wynn Bart. and Sir Richd. Jebb Bart. |
Composer | Cooke, Benjamin |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IBC 3 |
Key | B-flat major |
Text Incipit | Sweet harmonist, whose sounds control the various movements of the soul |
First Performance. | 1785-05-26 |
Librettist | Rev. Dr. Scott |
Language | English |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
Piece Style | Classical |
Instrumentation | 2 SATB choirs |