IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 252353 accession number: MU.MS.147 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 30 September 2020 updated: Tuesday 25 March 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 31 harpsichord sonatas, being a compilation of several single sonatas, several pairs, and a collection of 9 sonatas. Editorial title, ascription from p. 1. In the hand of R. Fitzwilliam and two or three copyists. Fitzwilliam most probably copied the sonatas in Madrid in 1772. Since he uses paper with the same watermarks as two of the copyists, it is probable that all the manuscripts were copied in the same year. All were published, except those marked "Printed", in "Thirty sonatas, for the harpsichord or piano-forte, publish'd (by permission) from manuscripts in the possession of Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam composed by Sigr. Domenico Scarlatti" (London: Rt. Birchall, [1800]) Former classmark: 32 F 12. With thematic index in the hand of R. Fitzwilliam, p. 124-125, with two marked "Printed" (p. 57 and 67) Ownership inscription: 'R. Fitzwilliam, Madrid 1772'. Bookplate: 'Fitzwilliam'. Binding: vellum, with red leather label on cover "SCARLATE", conservation details given in ts. note at end, by Nicholas Pickwoad, 22 April 1986. title: [Collection of sonatas for harpsichord] Scarlatti. [manuscript] / LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/252353 CATEGORIES ------ category: manuscript (music) DATING ------ creation date: 1772 - 1772 creation date earliest: 1772 creation date latest: 1772 CREATORS -------- maker: Scarlatti, Domenico maker: Pickwoad, Nicholas, DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 1 ms. (125 p. of music, bound) ;22 x 29 cm.