Excerpt from Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music: An Ode, Written in Honour of St. Cecilia The middle part of the air Revenge has a double close: the first and older', beginning with the last bar on p. 1 10, indicated by A. The second and shorter, which was added later, indicated by B. Handel chose the latter in order to avoid, the Da Capo or repetition of the first part, and pass over directly to the following piece for Tenor, which with its accompaniment fits on admirably to this middle part. He at the same time out out not only the final symphony but also (from some not very obvious reason) the four bars preceding the close A. Among the other abridgments is to be mentioned that of the final symphony to the beautiful recitative Thus long ago (p. 128) by which the solemn full chorus follows immediately upon the close of the solo part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.