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Sonata II ; Sonata IX / Purcell.: MU.MS.161.H

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sonata II ; Sonata IX / Purcell.
Sonatas, violins (2), bass instrument, continuo, Z. 803, E♭ major

Maker(s)

Composer: Purcell, Henry
Conservator: Blunn, Denis.
Binder: Brockman, James (bookbinder)

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Description

For 2 violins and continuo (figured).
Title from captions on f. 66 and 71v.
Thematic catalogue nos. Z. 803 and Z. 810.
Copyist manuscript in ink.
Paper: 12 staves (233x200mm); no watermark.
Former classmark: 32.G.18.
Received unbound. Bound as leaves 66-77 in a manuscript miscellany in the 1890's. Conserved by Denis Blunn and bound separately in quarter morroco with marbled paper sides and vellum tips by James Brockman in August 1981.
1.1.1 vl1 Sonata II Adagio Eb G-2 bBEA c 4.'B8''C4bDC/'B{8AG}4.A8B/4GB''CD/
2.1.1 vl1 Sonata IX Allegro F G-2 bB c 4-''A'''C-/- ''FA-/-DF{8ED}/{CA}{'''C6''BA}

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (leaves 66-77v, bound) ;31cm.

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Dating

Ca. 1780 - Ca. 1789

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.161.H
Primary reference Number: 253470
ALMA control 001: 99665793803606
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Audit data

Created: Monday 12 October 2020 Updated: Monday 18 January 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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