Alexander's Feast (HWV 75) is an ode with music by George Frideric Handel set to a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton. Hamilton adapted his libretto from John Dryden's ode Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music (1697) which had been written to celebrate Saint Cecilia's Day. Jeremiah Clarke (whose score is now lost) set the original ode to music.

Librettist Newburgh Hamilton
Date of composition 1736 (1735-1736)
Premiered 1736, February 19th (Covent Garden Theatre) in London, UK
First published 1736
Type Oratorio
Catalogue HWV 75
Spoken language English
Instruments Orchestra
Chorus/Choir
4x Voice
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Autotranslations beta Georg Friedrich Haendel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
Georg Friedrich Händel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75
Georg Friedrich Händel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75