Solomon. How green our fertile pastures look (Sketches) [Golden columns fair and bright] : [continuation of a draft of the aria from Solomon] ; [and 1 sketch] / [George Frideric Handel]
Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Uncompleted draft of a rejected version of the aria from Solomon, HWV 67 no. 36, for S, vl, b, in G major. Stops at the foot of page 73.
Editorial title.
This leaf continues from GB Lbl R.M. 20.h.4, f. 126.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C140)
Contents:
[p. 74, line 1] [Sketch for treble, in D major, in "6/8" (actually 6/4), 5 bars : related to the chorus "Swell the full chorus to Solomon's praise", HWV 667 no. 26]
1.1.1 treble [Sketch] G G-2 xFC 6/8 2.''DE/4'A''DE{8FG}4AB/AGF2E4A/
1 ms. score (p. 73-74) ; 24 x 29 cm.
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Production date: AD 1748 : [England],[1748]
Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.73
Primary reference Number: 276955
ALMA control 001: 994692303803606
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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