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Trio sonatas, violins, continuo, HWV 403, C major: MU.MS.259.p.1

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Trio sonatas, violins, continuo, HWV 403, C major
Sonata [for 2 violins and continuo in C major, HWV 403] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Editorial additions to title.
Caption on p. 11, above line 4, in a later hand: "(Sinfonia) (in ye 2nd Part of Saul)"
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Page 14 has blank staves.
Watermark, pages 1-8: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C30)
Watermark, pages 9-14: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C40)
Contents:
[p. 1] Sonata allegro -- [p. 6] Andante larghetto -- [p. 8] Allegro -- [p. 11] Allegro.

1.1.1 vl1 Sonata Allegro C G-2 c 4'''C{8.''B6A}4G8-G/{AGAF}{GFG'G}/
1.2.1 vl1 Andante larghetto a G-2 3/4 4--'A/{8.B6A}{8.xG6xF}{8.E6D}/{8.C6,B}4A''C/
1.3.1 vl1 Allegro C G-2 c 4''G{8EG}4C8-{6D'A}/{8BG}6-{''CDE}{FGEF}{DGEG}/
1.4.1 vl1 Allegro C G-2 3/8 8-{6''GEFD}/4E8-/-{6GEFD}/{EDECD'B}/

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 1-13) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: circa AD 1738 : [England],[ca. 1738]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.1
Primary reference Number: 276935
ALMA control 001: 994685683803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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