Semele. Somnus awake Somnus awake / [George Frideric Handel]
Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Part of the accompanied recitative for A ([Juno]) and S (Iris), vl1, vl2, vla bc, from Semele, HWV 57, no. 34.
Original (rejected) version (incipit not in HWV), removed from holograph score replaced by GB Lbl R.M. 20.f.7, leaf 79.
Title from first line.
With note at the bottom of p. 36: "Mr Martin at / Thorneycraft the Saddler in New Bond Street / ??? [cropped, possibly "the King's Arms"].
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C80)
1.1.1 A ([Juno]) Somnus awake C-1 c =9/4'A8AA4''D-/2-4'A8FG/4.nC8D4,B- .
1 ms. score (p. 35-36) ; 24 x 29 cm.
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Production date: AD 1743 : [England],[1743]
Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.35
Primary reference Number: 276942
ALMA control 001: 994687733803606
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Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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