Breathe soft ye gales ; Watchful angels = Pure menti amico ciel ; [Alleluia] / [George Frideric Handel] Esther, Selections HWV 50b.
Composer:
Handel, George Frideric
Scribe:
Smith, John Christopher (sen)
Nos. 1-3 from the conducting score of the 1732 version of Esther (HWV 50b), the rest of which is in D-Hs MC/261. With variants for later performances (1737 and 1751).
For S ([Isrealite woman]), S (Esther), with orchestra.
Title from first lines.
Holograph manuscript in ink, and the hand of J.C. Smith, senior, in ink (see Burrows for details) ; pasteovers in another hand.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend ; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C*40)
Contents: Breathe soft ye gales : [with variant soprano line pasted over] -- [2] Watchful angels = Pure menti amico ciel -- [3] O King of kings [Versions A & C, the latter pasted over A] -- [4] [Alleluia] : [first 7 bars only]
1.1.1 S ([Israelite woman]) Breathe soft ye gales Bb C-1 c =6/2-4-8''C/2F+4F8-A/2F4-C/2'A4-8-A/2F
1.1.2 S ([Israelite woman]) Breathe soft ye gales Bb C-1 c =6/2-4-8''C/2F+4F8-C/2'A4-A/2''C4-8-'A/2F
1.2.1 S (Esther) Watchful angels G C-1 xF 3/8 =7/8-''GD/4'B8G/-''GD/4'B8''C/D4E/E8D/
1.3.1 vl1 [Alleluia] Bb G-2 bBE 12/8 4'B8-4''C8-{DC'B}{''EDC}/{DC'B}{''EDC}
1 ms. score (p. 31-36) ;23 x 29 cm.
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Production date: AD 1732 : [London],[1732]
Accession number: MU.MS.251.p.31
Primary reference Number: 249412
ALMA control 001: 994602983803606
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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