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Pastor fido (1712). Ouverture; arr.: MU.MS.260.p.5

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Pastor fido (1712). Ouverture; arr.
Ouverture ; [and 1 sketch] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

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Description

Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "Cantoni" above and "Bergamo" below triangles in a circle (Burrows Cantoni)
Contents:
[1] Ouverture [to Il pastor fido (first version, HWV 8a), arranged for harpsichord, HWV 456ยน : incomplete, bars 1-50 only] -- [2, p. 6 stave 9] [Sketch 1 : 4 bars, treble clef, G major] -- [3, p. 6 staves 9-10, in pencil, very feint] [Sketch 2 : 2 bars, treble and bass, G major]

1.1.1 hpcd Ouverture d G-2 bB c 4.''D8'A4.Ft{6ED}/2''nE8-{E8.F6xC}/2D+8D 2.1.1 treble [Sketch] G G-2 xF c 8'G/4''G{8.G6G}4FD/4nF{8.E3DC}/4D8-'D
2.1.1 hpcd [Sketch] G G-2 xF c 2''G4EC+/C'B2A/1G/

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 5-6) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: circa AD 1725 : [England],[ca. 1725]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.260.p.5
Primary reference Number: 267563
ALMA control 001: 994623003803606
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Audit data

Created: Monday 16 November 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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