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Suites, harpsichord HWV 452, G minor: MU.MS.261.p.31

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Suites, harpsichord HWV 452, G minor
Allemanda ; Courante ; Sarabande ; Gigue ; Quel fior che l'alba ride / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

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Description

Four movements from the Suite for harpsichord in G minor, HWV 452, and (on the same fold as the Gigue) the Italian cantata "Quel fior che l'alba ride" (HWV 154).
Title from captions and first line.
The harpsichord movements are written on the recto only of three separate leaves and the first leaf of a fold; the leaves were originally numbered "1"-"4" (now mostly lost).
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark p. 31-32, 37-40: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C30)
Watermark p. 33-36: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend ; countermark "IV" (Burrows B140)
Contents:
p. 31. Allemanda -- p. 33. Courante -- p. 35. Sarabande -- p. 37. Gigue -- p. 38-39. Quel fior che l'alba ride.

1.1.1 hpcd Allemanda g G-2 bBE c 8''D/{G6DC}{8'B6AB}4G8-A/{6B''D'GB}{A''C'xFA}4G 1.2.1 hpcd Courante g G-2 bBE 3/4 8'xF/{GD,B'DGA}/{BAGAB''C}/4.D8D4E+/{8EE}
1.3.1 hpcd Sarabande g G-2 bBE 3/4 4''DB{8.At6G}/2G4D/EE{8.D6E}q8D2.C/
1.4.1 hpcd Gigue g G-2 bBE 12/8 {8'GB''D}{C'BA}4.BA/{8G''DG}{FED}
2.1.1 S Quel fior che l'alba ride Larghetto e C-1 xF c =1/2-4-8-'E/4B8-B8.''C6E{8D6Ct'B}/4B8-B8.A''6C8.'B6A/

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 31-40) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: ca AD 1739 : [England],[ca. 1739]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.261.p.31
Primary reference Number: 276965
ALMA control 001: 994651903803606
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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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