that her in - i - qui - ty is par - don - ed
he would sing thus:
that her in - i - qui - ty is par - don - ed.
And I have seen an old copy of "Holy, holy," in which the melody is so overlaid with little black notes, semi-quavers, demi-semi-quavers, and semi-demi-semi-quavers, that it is difficult to distinguish the notes of Handel's music at all! The admissible changes are all very slight, and any elaborate cadenza, or considerable addition, is pretty sure to be wrong. Final high notes are a frequent snare to aspiring singers; the traditions of the old school of oratorio singing are not in favour of them, and they generally vulgarize a song if introduced where the composer has not clearly opened a way for them. I have heard a tenor singer conclude the famous "Thou shalt break them," thus:
pot - - - - - - - - - - - ter's ves - sel