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
(which did not occur). The cantata celebrates Queen
Anne's birthday, and the accomplishment of the Treaty
of Utrecht (negotiated by the Tory ministry of Anne in
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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
(which did not occur). The cantata celebrates Queen
Anne's birthday, and the accomplishment of the Treaty
of Utrecht (negotiated by the Tory ministry of Anne in
1712) to end the War of the Spanish succession.
MACHELLA, MAURIZIO (1960 - )
