Minuets, harpsichord, HWV 462, D minor Menuet / [George Frideric Handel] Air en menuet.
Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Air en menuet.
For harpsichord.
Caption title; preceded by two words crossed out "Air in [or en]"
HWV 462.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
With one horizontal and three horizontal fold marks. Page 1 lines 8-9 inverted: 1 bar of music without clefs, key signature or time signature, not in Handel's hand. Page 2 is of empty staves, with rough annotations in ink similar to those on page 42. The word "zweimal" on stave 6, and some minims in the margin, and ink blots.
Watermark: "Cantoni" above and "Bergamo" below triangles in a circle (Burrows Cantoni)
1.1.1 hpcd d G-2 bB 3/8 {8''D'A''F}/{E'A''G}/{F6GFED}/{xCD8E'A}/
1 ms. score (p. 1) ; 24 x 29 cm.
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Production date: circa AD 1725 : [England],[ca. 1725]
Accession number: MU.MS.260.p.1
Primary reference Number: 267560
ALMA control 001: 994622693803606
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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