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Minuets, harpsichord, HWV 507a, D minor; arr.: MU.MS.265.p.95

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Minuets, harpsichord, HWV 507a, D minor; arr.
Menuet / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

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

Categories

Description

For [vl1-2 in unison], vl3/vla [in unison], and b.
Page 96 is a partial score of the same minuet, in which bars 1-5, 9-13 and 17-21 are 5-bar rests for all parts, and with the addition of a coda of 4 bars.
Caption title.
Manuscript in the hand of J.C. Smith, 1712-1795.
Watermark: countermark: "IV"
1.1.1 vl1 Minuet d G-2 bB 3/4 4''AAA/2A4'A/4''D{8DFED}/4xC{8'B''C}4'A/

Notes

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

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 95-96) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

1740 - 1749

Note

Handel, George Frideric,1685-1759.

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.265.p.95
Primary reference Number: 276870
ALMA leader: 01391cdm a2200277 a 4500
ALMA control 001: 994706103803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 Updated: Tuesday 8 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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