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PG-P.757.007
27 Jan 1757:11,12,13,21 (1466)
Continuation of the account of Alfred, as represented in an
Oratorial exercise, by a sett of young gentlemen, belonging
to the College of this city.
In the last Gazette, we concluded our account of this
performance at the end of the first act; . . . [3 lines] As
this part conveys one of the noblest lessons to youth, it
was thought proper to enlarge the plan of it, to add several
new lines, and represent the singing of a hymn over the cave
by some aerial spirits, joining with Alfred and the Hermit
in their divine strains. The hymn is grand and awful, and
the introduction of it in this place has a happy effect.
The words are Milton's, and the music Handel's. . .
[The text of the second act follows, with several references
to music within the lines.]
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