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“Thy pleasures, Moderation, give,In them alone we truly live”
Recently, I sat in the audience of a Music of the Baroque performance and marveled at Handel’s masterful creation of sound (instrument and voice) that he scored to Milton’s two poems L'Allegro and il Penseroso. His music helped satirize the contrast of Mirth and Melancholy and then concluded with the addition of a new poem set to music, Moderation. L’Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato.
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