A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Hercules
HERCULES, by Handel; the words by Rev. Thos. Broughton; composed between July 19 and Aug. 17, 1744. Announced as a 'musical drama'; performed and published as an 'oratorio.' First given at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, Jan. 5, 1745; at the Lower Rhine Festival, Düsseldorf, May 17, 1875; and by H. Leslie, JuneS, 1877.
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