This composer wrote two settings of a John Dryden poem in honor of the patron saint of music; the first and more famous composition sees the musician Timotheus inspire a ruler to burn Persepolis.
This composer wrote two settings of a John Dryden poem in honor of the patron saint of music; the first and more famous composition sees the musician Timotheus inspire a ruler to burn Persepolis. In addition to Alexander's Feast, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, this composer included an emphatic réjouissance and two minuets in a suite commemorating the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. That suite is often paired today with suites in F, D, and G Major, composed to accompany King George I on the Thames River. Name this Anglo-German composer of Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks, and an oratorio containing the "Hallelujah Chorus," the Messiah.
This composer wrote two settings of a John Dryden poem in honor of the patron saint of music; the first and more famous composition sees the musician Timotheus inspire a ruler to burn Persepolis.
George Frederick {Handel}