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Susanna. Parent bird in search of food (Sketches): MU.MS.259.p.79

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Susanna. Parent bird in search of food (Sketches)
The parent bird in search of food / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Incomplete score (51 bars) of a rejected version of the aria Susanna, HWV 66 Anhang (9.)
For S ("Joacim"), vl, b.
Title from first line.
This leaf was removed from the holograph score, and replaced by GB Lbl R.M. 20.f.8, f. 29: the leaf containing the end of the aria is missing.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
With feint note above top line "damnt[?] Sa[?]" : simlar to the annotations on pages 21 and 66.
With note at the foot of page 79: "Samson. 13 Cho. &c[?] for ye Serpent /14/15/16/ in Salomon. 14/"
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C140)
1.1.1 S The parent bird in search of food Larghetto A C-1 xFCG 3/8 =11/8--'C/8.F6AGF/GC8,B6-B/8.'G6BAG/''C'A8F

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 79-80) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1748 : [England],[1748]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.79
Primary reference Number: 276957
ALMA control 001: 994692343803606
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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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