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Awake, awake my lyre / [at end] R.J.S. Stevens, Charterhouse, June 26, 1799. Dreadful time! Written perfect 1819.: MU.MS.754.103

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Awake, awake my lyre / [at end] R.J.S. Stevens, Charterhouse, June 26, 1799. Dreadful time! Written perfect 1819.
Awake, awake my lyre

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Description

For voice and piano.
Title from first line.
Words by Cowley.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "Pro patria ejusque libertate" in crowned circle round standing lion holding arrows and banner above "Vryheyt"; countermark "GR" below crown in circle.
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Songs with piano.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 103-105) ;34 cm.; 1 ms. score (p. 103-105) ;34 cm.;

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.754.103
Primary reference Number: 252373
ALMA leader: 01731cdm a2200277 a 4500
ALMA control 001: 995137783803606
ALMA reference a: (UkCU)513778-depfacfmdb
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 30 September 2020 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Awake, awake my lyre / [at end] R.J.S. Stevens, Charterhouse, June 26, 1799. Dreadful time! Written perfect 1819." Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/252373 Accessed: 2024-11-26 08:26:34

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