From: [Various vocal and instrumental music]
"Ye favorite Hymn of Eve, in ye oratorio of Abel"
Incipit: "How cheerful all along ye gay mead"
Thomas Augustine Arne's oratorio, "The Death of Abel", was first performed in Dublin on 18 February 1744; as Abel, it was first staged in London in 1755.
Key: C
Tempo: ?
Medium: fl(?)