Great Dagon has subdued our foe (George Frideric Handel)

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CPDL #20643:   Capella

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2009-12-23).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 82 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Great Dagon has subdued our foe
Larger work: Samson, HWV 57
Composer: George Frideric Handel

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Oratorio

Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Published: 1743

Description: Samson was first performed in London in 1743. Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, based on Milton's Samson Agonistes.

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Original text and translations

English text

Great Dagon has subdued our foe,
And brought their boasted hero low.
Sound out his power, in notes divine.
Praise him with mirth, high cheer, and wine.