IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 276991 accession number: MU.MS.262.p.51 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 updated: Monday 18 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Language: Latin First work for SATB chorus (lacking words), vl1, vl2, vla, ob1-2, tpt1, tpt2, b (trumpets on p. 52-53 only) First work is the Osanna from F.V. Habermann's Philomela pia, Missa III S. Adalberti (Monarchii, Pedemonti, 1748), used by Handel in the Spiritoso movement of his organ concerto, op. 7, no. 3. "Subject in his 3rd Organ concerto (op. 3, 5th)" -- note in another hand, p. 51. The texts "Ever faithful" and "And thy mercies" appear in the chorus "Theme sublime of endless praise" from Jephtha, but the music of these sketches was not used. Manuscript in the hand of George Frideric Handel, in ink. Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C160) 1.1.1 S Spiritoso ma non presto [Osanna] G C-1 xF 6/4 4'GB''D/8G4D'B8G/{6''GFED}8EGDG{8.D3C'B}4''C'B/ 2.1.1 S [Sketch 1] D C-1 xFC 6/4 2''D4'D-{8FGAF}/2B4,B-{8'EFGE}/ 3.1.1 S [Sketch 2] D C-1 xFC 3/4 4-'D4D/BAG+/GFE+/EDxG/G2A 4.1.1 vl Allegro [and] Adagio G C-1 xF 3/4 2'A+{8.A6''E}{6.'A3BAB''CC}/2'B+{8.B6''C}{8'B6''CD}/ Contents [1, p. 51-53] [Osana / Habmermann] -- [2, p. 51, lines 8-11] Ever faithful [crossed out] : [sketch 1, 4-7 bars, 2 and 3 voices, D major : 3 or 4 versions, derived from the Sanctus of Habermann's Missa Sancti Procopii, transposed from F major] -- [3, p. 52, line 10] And thy mercies [crossed out] : [sketch 2 : 6 bars, 2 sopranos, D major : two versions, derived from the Osanna in Habermann's Missa Sancti Ioannis Nepomuceni] -- [4, p. 95] Adagio [and] Allegro : [vl, ?2 instruments, b] title: Philomela pia. Missa Sancti Adalberti. Sanctus. Osanna 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/276991 CATEGORIES ------ category: manuscript (music) DATING ------ creation date: 1751 - 1751 creation date earliest: 1751 creation date latest: 1751 CREATORS -------- maker: Handel, George Frideric maker: Habermann, František Václav DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 1 ms. score (p. 51-54) ; 24 x 29 cm.