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Joshua. O thy bright orb (Sketches): MU.MS.259.p.65

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Joshua. O thy bright orb (Sketches)
[O thy bright orb] : / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

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Description

Uncompleted first draft of bars 16-31 of the solo and chorus "O thy bright orb" from Joshua, HWV 64 no. 28.
For T (Joshua), SATB chorus, vl1, vl2, vla, vlc, bc, ob1-2, tpt1-2, hn1-2.
This leaf probably followed GB Lbl R.M. 20.e.11, f. 75v, which contains the first 15 bars.
Title from first line.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
With scribbled annotations on p. 66 above top line: "demnach" "Sans" "In" : see also pp. 21 and 79.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C130)

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 65-66) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.65
Primary reference Number: 276952
ALMA control 001: 994691313803606
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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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