IDENTIFIERS
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id:	276949
accession number:	MU.MS.259.p.59

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

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: First version of the aria for S, vl (unis.), bc from Alexander Balus, HWV 65 no. 7. Similar to HWV 65 no 7a; this version not listed in HWV.
First two pages only, containings bars 1-71. The last section (probably not following on directly from page 60) is in the holograph full score, GB Lbl R.M. 20.d.3, f. 31.
Title from first line.
The leaf has four vertical fold-marks, evident on p. 60, similar to but less distinct than the fold-marks on p. 39-40.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend ; countermark "IV" (Burrows B160)
1.1.1 vl Largo Oh what resistless charms d G-2 bB 3/8 6-'A/{AFDAGA}/{BG8.A6A}/{''DxCGECD}{3xCD6E}{8.'A6''F}/ 
1.1.2 S Largo Oh what resistless charms d C-1 bB 3/8 =  8-/=19/8--'A/{6AF8D}B/B4A/8A{6GFED}/4xC
title:	Alexander Balus. Oh what resistless charms

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/276949





CATEGORIES
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category: manuscript (music)

DATING
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creation date:	1747 - 1747
creation date earliest:	1747
creation date latest:	1747

CREATORS
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maker: Handel, George Frideric

DIMENSIONS
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value: 1 ms. score (p. 59-60) ; 24 x 29 cm.