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- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) abstract "Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music (1697) is an ode by John Dryden. It was written to celebrate Saint Cecilia's Day. Jeremiah Clarke set the original ode to music, however the score is now lost.The main body of the poem describes the feast given by Alexander the Great at the Persian capital Persepolis, after his defeat of Darius. Alexander's bard Timotheus sings praises of him. Alexander's emotions are manipulated by the singer's poetry and music. Timotheus glorifies him as a god, puffing up Alexander's pride. He then sings of the pleasures of wine, encouraging Alexander to drink. Seeing Alexander becoming too boisterous, he sings of the sad death of Darius; the king becomes quiet. He then lauds the beauty of Thaïs, Alexander's lover, making the king's heart melt. Finally, he encourages feelings of anger and vengeance, causing Thaïs and Alexander to burn down the Persian palace in revenge for Persia's previous outrages against Greece. The poem then moves ahead in time to describe Saint Cecilia, "inventress of the vocal frame", who is traditionally supposed to have created the first organ and to have instituted Christian sacred music. The poem concludes that while Timotheus "Raised a mortal to the skies, / She drew an angel down".George Frideric Handel composed a choral work, also called Alexander's Feast, set to a libretto by Newburgh Hamilton which was closely based on the ode by Dryden.".
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- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageID "19603610".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageLength "1980".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageOutDegree "21".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageRevisionID "637437438".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Alexander_the_Great.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Alexanders_Feast_(Handel).
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Category:1690s_poems.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Poetry_by_John_Dryden.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Choir.
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- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Christian_music.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Christian_sacred_music.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Darius_III.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Darius_III_of_Persia.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink George_Frideric_Handel.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Jeremiah_Clarke.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink John_Dryden.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Newburgh_Hamilton.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Ode.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Organ_(music).
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Persepolis.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink S:Alexanders_Feast.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Saint_Cecilia.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Saint_Cecilias_Day.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Thaïs.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLink Timotheus_(aulist).
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Alexander's Feast (Dryden)".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Alexander's Feast".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Musick".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) hasPhotoCollection Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden).
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:John_Dryden.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) subject Category:1690s_poems.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) subject Category:Poetry_by_John_Dryden.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) hypernym Ode.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) comment "Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Music (1697) is an ode by John Dryden. It was written to celebrate Saint Cecilia's Day. Jeremiah Clarke set the original ode to music, however the score is now lost.The main body of the poem describes the feast given by Alexander the Great at the Persian capital Persepolis, after his defeat of Darius. Alexander's bard Timotheus sings praises of him. Alexander's emotions are manipulated by the singer's poetry and music.".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) label "Alexander's Feast (Dryden)".
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) sameAs Αλεξάνδρου_συμπόσιο.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) sameAs m.04n51zy.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) sameAs Q4718106.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) sameAs Q4718106.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) wasDerivedFrom Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden)oldid=637437438.
- Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden) isPrimaryTopicOf Alexanders_Feast_(Dryden).