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Chatwin has discussed Handel's writing of orchestral parts for the chalumeau, a forerunner of the clarinet, as part of the musicological controversy over whether or not Handel wrote music for the clarinet or its precursors.

Winton Dean and Richard Drakeford have commented on the weaknesses of the dramatic characterisations in the libretto.