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HANOVER. This spirited tune has been frequently ascribed to Handel, but cannot be by him, as it is found in 'A Supplement to the New Version of the Psalms,' 6th ed. 1708, two years before Handel arrived in England. In the Supplement it is given as follows:—

The tune is anonymous, but is not improbably by Dr. Croft, the reputed editor of the 6th edition of the Supplement.

[ G. A. C. ]

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