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Composition lessons. Example of invertible counterpoint: MU.MS.262.p.35

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Composition lessons. Example of invertible counterpoint
[Example of invertible counterpoint] ; Mi palpita il cor : Cantata / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Language: Italian
Example of invertible counterpoint in 2 parts ; Cantata for A, bc (HWV 132d, nos. 1a (recitativo ed arioso)) (incomplete).
Titles from first line and caption (p. 36), and editorial (for p. 35).
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "C & I HONIG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows M10).
1.1.1 treble [Contrapuntal example 1] F C-1 bB c 2''C4'FxF/GABD/EF4C8-A/{BG''C'B}/4A
1.1.2 b [Contrapuntal example 1] F F-4 bB c 2-8-,A{'DC}/{,BAGxF}{GDBA}/{GFED}{EC}4F+/FEF
1.2.1 treble [Contrapuntal example 2] F C-1 bB c 2-8-'A{''DC}/{'BAGxF}{GDBA}/{GFED}{EC}4F+/F
1.2.2 b [Contrapuntal example 2] F F-4 bB c 2'C4,FxF/GABD/EF4C8-A/{BG'C,B}/{AF}
2.1.1 A Mi palpita il cor D C-3 xFC c 4-8-'D4D8-R/4E8-F4F8-G/y4G8AzBy4A8.Gtz6F/4F

Contents:
[1, p. 35, lines 1-2] [2-part contrapuntal example, 4 bars, soprano & bass clefs, F major] -- [2, p. 35, lines 1-2, following on from previous example] [The same example inverted] -- [3, (p. 36)] Mi palpita il cor : Cantata [incomplete].

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 35-36) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1740 : [England],[1740?]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.262.p.35
Primary reference Number: 276985
ALMA control 001: 994655153803606
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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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