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Occasional oratorio. Prophetic visions: MU.MS.259.p.41

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Occasional oratorio. Prophetic visions
[Prophetic visions] : [insertion for cue] A [of 6 bars for treble and bass] ; [Stand around my brave boys] ; [Adagio from Trio sonata HWV 401] ; [Sketch] ; [and 2 marches] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

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Description

Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C90)
Contents:
[p. 41, lines 1-2] [Prophetic visions : insertion] A [of 6 bars for treble (vl) and bass, for an unidentified version possibly of the opening ritornello of the aria from the Occasional oratorio, HWV 62 no. 17] -- [p. 41, lines 3-5] [Stand round my brave boys] : [melody of the song from John Vanbrugh's play "The relapse", HWV 228(18)] -- [p. 41, lines 6-9] [Adagio] : [movement 3 from the trio sonata HWV 401] : [an added viola part] -- [p. 42, lines 1-2] [Sketch for treble and bass in F major, 6 bars] -- [p. 42, lines 3-8] Marche : [for treble and bass in D major, 28 bars : not listed in HWV : the second half is similar to the second half of the following Marche] -- [p. 42, lines 9-10] [Marche : for treble in D major, used in the Ouverture to the Occasional oratorio, HWV 62]

1.1.1 vl [Prophetic visions] F G-2 bB c 8-{''F8.Ft3EF}{8G'B}{8.Bt3AB}/{8A''F}{8.Ft3EF}{8G'B}{8.Bt3AB}/
2.1.1 T [Stand round my brave boys] D C-4 xFC c 4,D/F8ED4A8GF/4B8AG4'D8C,B/
3.1.1 vla [Adagio] d C-3 bB 3/4 4-'FE/DFE/yAFzD/''D2'A/4GAB/A2F/
4.1.1 treble [Sketch] F G-2 bB c 2-8-{'''C''C'''C}/{''D6'''DC}{DC''BA}/{8BDB'B}{''C6'''C''B}{'''C''BAG}/
5.1.1 treble Marche D G-2 xFC c/ 4'A/''D{8.D6C}4D{8.E6F}/2.'A4''E/{8FEFG}4FE/2.D4D/ 6.1.1 treble [Marche] D G-2 xFC c/ 4'A/{8''DEFG}4FE/2D'A/8{''FGAB}4AG/2FE/

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 41-42) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1746 : [England],[1746]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.41
Primary reference Number: 276945
ALMA control 001: 994689563803606
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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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