MACCABEUS (Handel) 53451 vs. 11733

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EHT1880 #86 has a tune called Maccabeus, by Händel, from "Judas Maccabeus", but it is not the well-known tune called MACCABEUS (Handel), the tune best known as the music for "Thine is/be the glory, risen, conquering Son".

I have accordingly changed the ID on maccabeus_handel to maccabeus_handel_53451 and given the new tune an ID of maccabeus_handel_11733.

I think this is correct treatment of the data; problem is that I don't know for sure if maccabeus_handel_11733 is actually by Handel, let alone from that choral work. If it is a misattribution, then the differentiation becomes superfluous. I'm not familiar with Judas Maccabæus beyond the one famous hymn tune derived from it. So... anybody else know?