This, the final chorus from Handel's concerto grosso Alexander's Feast, is a joyful ode to "music" from the baroque era. Alfred's definitive, authentic edition has been lowered a whole step from the original score and provides astute editorial additions in parenthesis. Appropriate for contest and festival choirs, four minutes in duration.The great success of the original work, featuring a libretto by Scottish playwright Newburgh Hamilton, encouraged Handel to make the transition from writing Italian operas to English choral works.