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Concerti grossi, violins (2), violoncello, string orchestra, op. 6. No. 11: MU.MS.265.p.41

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Concerti grossi, violins (2), violoncello, string orchestra, op. 6. No. 11
Concerto [grosso, op. 6 no. 11, in A major] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

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

Categories

Description

Parts for "Organo" and "Basso"
Caption title.
HWV 329.
Manuscript in the hand of J.C. Smith, 1683-1763?
Watermark: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend ; countermark "IV"
Page 48 is of empty staves.
The organ part is oblong, the basso part is upright.
1.1.1 b Concerto Largo A F-4 xFCG c 4,AEFC/DxDE-/'EDC-/,FED-/

Notes

History note: Probably part of the collection of holograph music acquired by Lord Fitzwilliam.

Measurements and weight

2 ms. parts (p. 41-47, 49-52) ; 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.41
Primary reference Number: 276863
ALMA control 001: 994705273803606
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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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