IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 276965 accession number: MU.MS.261.p.31 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 updated: Monday 18 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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/ title: Suites, harpsichord HWV 452, G minor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/276965 CATEGORIES ------ category: manuscript (music) DATING ------ creation date: 1739 - 1739 creation date earliest: 1739 creation date latest: 1739 CREATORS -------- maker: Handel, George Frideric DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 1 ms. score (p. 31-40) ; 24 x 29 cm.