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Suites, harpsichord, HWV 447, D minor: MU.MS.265.p.23

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Suites, harpsichord, HWV 447, D minor
[Suite for harpsichord in D minor, HWV 447] / Del Sigr. G.F. Handel.

Maker(s)

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

Categories

Description

Editorial title.
Manuscript in the hand of J.C. Smith, 1683-1763.
Watermark: Fleur de lis [probably over Strasbourg bend]; countermark "IV
1.1.1 hpcd Allemande d G-2 bB c 8'A/4A+{6AGAE}{8FD}{8.''D6E}/4F+6F
1.2.1 hpcd Courante d G-2 bB 3/4 8'A/2A4B/4.A8''xC{8.Dt6C}/{8DE}4F
1.3.1 hpcd Sarabande d G-2 bB 3/4 4'A4.''Dt8E/4.xCt8'nB4A/bBA{6EF8G}/
1.4.1 hpcd Gigue d G-2 bB 12/8 4'F8G4.A+{8ADG+}{GEF}/4.B+{8BAG}

Contents
Allemande -- Courante -- Sarabande -- Gigue.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. (p. 23-27 of music) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: circa AD 1740 : [England],[ca. 1740]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.265.p.23
Primary reference Number: 276859
ALMA control 001: 994698423803606
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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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