Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne
1713 secular cantata composed by George Frideric Handel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (HWV 74) is a secular cantata composed by George Frideric Handel to a libretto by Ambrose Philips, of which the first line, "Eternal source of light divine", provides an alternative title for the work. It was probably composed during January 1713 for a performance on 6 February 1713, although there is no record of the performance having actually taken place.[1] Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xlvi A; and HHA i/6.[1]