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Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. Or let the merry bells ring round: MU.MS.265.p.38

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. Or let the merry bells ring round
[Or let the merry bells ring round] : Carillon / Handel.
Carillon.

Maker(s)

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

Categories

Description

Carillon.
Part for "Carillon" for the chorus "Or let the merry bells ring round" from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.
HWV 55 no. 19a.
Manuscript in the hand of J.C. Smith, 1683-1763?
Watermark: "C & I HONIG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows M10)
Pages 37 and 41 are of empty staves.
1.1.1 carillon Or let the merry bells ring round G G-2 xF c =1/8-{''GFE}{DC'BA}/{G''GFE}{DC'BA}/{G''GFD}{E'B''C'A}/

Notes

History note: Provenance: Bequest of Richard, Viscount Fitzwilliam, 1816.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. part (p. 38-39) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

1740 - 1742

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.265.p.38
Primary reference Number: 276862
ALMA control 001: 994705213803606
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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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