IDENTIFIERS
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id:	276947
accession number:	MU.MS.259.p.53

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Tuesday 1 December 2020
updated:	Monday 18 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Aria for S, bc, in A major, from Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 no. 9. 21 bars only, lacking closing 3-bar orchestral ritornello, but with time-signature 6/8 cue for following number (Come ever smiling liberty). Another holograph copy of this version is at D Hs MA/1026 vol.1, leaves 46-47.
Title from first line.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C140)
1.1.1 bc Largo O liberty thou choicest treasure A F-4 xFCG c 4-{8.,A3BG}{8A,,A}6{,A6.At5GA}/{8BE}8-{6.'E3C}{8D,D}6-{'E6.D3C}/ 
1.1.2 S Largo O liberty thou choicest treasure A C-1 xFCG c =3/4-'A6BE8E4-/8-''E8.'G6''D8C'B-6.''C3'B/8''DC
title:	Judas Maccabaeus. O liberty thou choicest treasure

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/276947





CATEGORIES
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category: manuscript (music)

DATING
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creation date:	1746 - 1746
creation date earliest:	1746
creation date latest:	1746

CREATORS
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maker: Handel, George Frideric

DIMENSIONS
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value: 1 ms. score (p. 53-54) ; 24 x 29 cm.