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Alexander Balus. Hark, he strikes the golden lyre: MU.MS.259.p.56

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Alexander Balus. Hark, he strikes the golden lyre
[Hark, he strikes the golden lyre] : Aria : Harpa / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Harp part for the aria "Hark, hark, hark, he strikes the golden lyre" from Alexander Balus, HWV 65 no. 4.
Title from first line.
The figure "3" to indicate the number of bars rest at the beginning (above the 2-breve rest) is in pencil, and in a different hand.
At the top of page 56 is written "Alexander Balus" in pencil in a later hand, erased (off print on p. 57 is stronger).
Page 55 is of empty staves.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C140)
1.1.1 harp Andante Hark, he strikes the golden lyre A F-4 xFCG c 8-/=3/2-4-8''D/{G6.D3'B}{6.''C3'A6.''A3G}4Ft6-{D6.G3D}/

Measurements and weight

1 ms. part (p. 56-58) ; 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1747 : [England],[1747]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.56
Primary reference Number: 276948
ALMA control 001: 994690423803606
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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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