A concert review of Handel’s Israel in Egypt premiere

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The review is not of Israel in Egypt as it would be heard today, but is to be conceived and presented as a review written at the time of the first performance in 1739. Thus it should present a response to a piece that represents thinking about music at the time at which the piece was premiered. Earlier works by the same composer or in the same genre are relevant, but later ones, or the work’s subsequent fame, are not. The review is judged on quality and breadth of resources (avoiding search engines such as google and veering towards journals, reviews, articles, primary and secondary resources as such), relevance and accuracy of information presented, fluency, intelligibility and grammatical accuracy of writing, and imagination in tone. Referencing must be consistent, accurate and diligent. Foot notes are also encouraged.