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[Selections]: MU.MS.265.p.9

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

[Selections]
[3 movements for harpsichord and 1 fragment] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Scribe: Smith, John Christopher (sen)

Categories

Description

For harpsichord?
Manuscript in the hand of J.C. Smith, 1683-1763, and possibly holograph? ; possibly not by Handel.
With thee vertical fold marks on both leaves.
Watermark: "CC" in top corner.
Probably part of the collection of holograph music acquired by Lord Fitzwilliam.
1.1.1 hpcd [Allegro] d G-2 bB 3/8 {6''DE}{8.xCt3'nB''C}/{8D'A}-/{6''FG}{8.Et3DE}/{8FD}-/
2.1.1 hpcd [Fragment] d G-2 {6x''CDEA}{8.'A6''F}{xC'nBA''A}{8.'A6''D}/
3.1.1 hpcd La march C G-2 bB 3/8 4'EEEt8-E/{E6DE}{8FE}4Dt-/4F{8F6GA}4Ft8-A/{GF}{6E3DE6F}4Et-/
4.1.1 hpcd [Minuet?] Bb G-2 bBE 3/4 4''Fq8E4Dq8C4'B/BAB/''CDE/{8DFD}q4C2'B/

Contents
[p. 9, lines 1-8] [Allegro in D minor : keyboard arrangment or organ part of bars 1-28 of the 3rd movement of organ concerto HWV 309 (op. 7 no. 4)] -- [p. 9, lines 7-8] [Unidentified fragment : 1/2 bar and 1 bar in D minor] -- [p. 10-11] La March : [from the oratorio Saul, HWV 53, no. 77b] -- [p. 12] [Minuet? in B♭ major : unidentified : lacks clefs and key and time signatures]

Measurements and weight

1 ms. (p. 9-12) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

1740 - 1749

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.265.p.9
Primary reference Number: 276856
ALMA control 001: 994696823803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 Updated: Monday 7 June 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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