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Works. Selections (Sketches): MU.MS.259.p.61

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Works. Selections (Sketches)
[2 sketches and 2 marches] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

A leaf with 2 sketches and two marches.
Editorial title.
Page 62 is of empty staves.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend ; countermark "IV" (Burrows B160)
Contents:
[Lines 1-2] [Sketch, in A major, for treble and bass, 5 bars : related to ritornello to With redoubled rage return, HWV 64, no. 22] -- [Lines 3-4] Marche for the Fife : Slow : [for treble and bass : HWV 415 : related to See see the conquering hero comes, HWV 65 no. 35] -- [Lines 5-8] Marche for the Fife : Slow : [for treble and bass : HWV 414 : related to the Introduzione to Joshua, HWV 64, part 1] -- [Lines 9-10] [Sketch for S (no words), bc, in G major : possibly related to Riccardo primo, HWV 23 no. 40, or Atalanta, HWV 35 no. 27]

1.1.1 treble [Sketch] A G-2 xFCG 3/8 {6'AB''CD}{8DAGF}/{6GFGA}{BDC'B}
2.1.1 fife Marche for the fife Slow D G-2 xFC c 4''A{8.F6G}4A8-D/{6EFGA}{8GF}4E8-{6FG}/{AGAB}{8AA}
3.1.1 fife Marche for the fife Slow C G-2 c 4.'G{6AB}4.''C{6EF}/4.G{6FE}2D/4G{8EG}2C/ 4.1.1 S [Sketch] G C-1 xF 3/4 4-'GA/4.B8''C4D/2C4'B2''C4'B/4-''ED/2C4'B/''C2'A/2.G//
Oratorios Excerpts Scores. Songs (High voice) with continuo.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 61) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.61
Primary reference Number: 276950
ALMA control 001: 994690723803606
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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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