Works. Selections (Sketches): MU.MS.262.p.61

Titles

Works. Selections (Sketches)
[20 Sketches] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

• Manuscript (music)

Description

Sketches and incipits mostly related to concerti grossi op. 6 and the Ode for St Cecilia's day.
Probably originally joined to leaf p. 63-64, q.v. The top and right hand side of both pages are heavily stained, with some show through.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows B140)
1.1.1 treble [Sketch 1] G G-2 xF c 4'GB''D8-''G/{8.F6F}{8.E6E}{8.D6D}8'D-/{EFG}{AB''C}{8D6'F}{8.G6D}/
2.1.1 treble [Sketch 2] e G-2 xF 3/2 2-2.B4''G/2F2.'B4B/''CE2.C4'B/1B
3.1.1 treble [Sketch 3] e G-2 xF c 8'B/{''E'GF''xD}{E6'EF}{GAB''xC}{8D'FE''xC}/
4.1.1 treble [Sketch 4] e G-2 xF 3/4 4-{6BB8B}{y''CDz}/4E{y8DCz}{y'BAz}/4B{6''C'B8B}{''CD}/
5.1.1 treble [Sketch 5] D C-1 xFC c 4AxAB8-F/{G6FG}{{8AA}4D
6.1.1 treble [Sketch 6] G G-2 xF 3/4 {8.'B6''C}/{D'B''C'A}{B''DEF}{GFED}/{ECD'B}{''CDEF}{GFED}/
7.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 7] e? F-4 xFC 3/4 {6'DExCD}{,B'C,AB}{8xGE}/{6ABGA}{FGEF}{8xD,,B}/
8.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 8] Bb G-2 bBE c 4-8-''F{6'BA''GF}{C'B''GF}/{6'bAG''GF}{'BA''GF}
9.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 9] Bb G-2 bBE c {6'''DC''AB}/{FGDE}{'B''C'AB}4F
10.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 10] Bb? G-2 bBE c {6''BGxFG}{FG/FG}{bAnFnEF}{EFEF}
11.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 11] Bb G-2 bBE c 2-{8.''D8D}{8.nE6F}/4G{8.B6B}{8.A6A}{8.G6G}
12.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 12] Bb G-2 bBE c {6''CDE8G+}{G6bED}{xCDCD}{CDCD}/{DEF8G+}{G6bEDC}{'nB''C'B''C}
13.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 13] a C-1 c 4BAAG/GbB2''C/4CC
14.1.1 treble [Sketch 14] A G-2 xFCG c 8'E/{6''EDC'B}{''C'BAG}4A8-E/{6DEFE}{8DC}8,B
15.1.1 treble [Sketch 15] D C-1 xFC c 4-'A''DECFD2E
16.1.1 treble [Sketch 16] A G-2 xFCG 4-''AE4.C{6'BA}{8''D'B''ED}{C'A''EA}
17.1.1 treble [Sketch 17] G G-2 xF c 4''GD4.'B{6''CD}/{8EEE6FE}4.D{6EF}{8GGG6AG}/
18.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 18] G C-1 4'G6-{GB''D}{8EC}6-{x'FA''C}{8D'B}6-{EGB}/
19.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 19] C G-2 6-{''CEG}/{8AD}6-{xDFA}{8BE}6-{EGB}/{8'''C''F}
20.1.1 hpcd [Sketch 20] c G-2 bBE 6/8 {8''DGA}{6BAGxF8G}/{6EDCn'B8''C}{C'BA}/

Contents
p. 61, lines 1-2. [Sketch 1 : 8 bars, treble and bass clefs, G major]
p. 61, line 3. [Sketches 2-4 : incipits for movements 1, 3 and 4 of Concerto grosso, op. 6, no. 3, HWV 321 in E minor] -- [Sketch 5 : 2 bars, soprano clef, D major]
p. 61, line 4. [Sketch 6, 4 bars, treble clef, G major, no time signature (3/4 by inference)]
p. 61, lines 5-6. [Sketch 7 : 7 bars, treble and bass clefs, E minor?, related to Polonaise movement of HWV 321, bars 26-27]
p. 61, lines 7-8. [Sketch 8 : 2 bars, treble and bass clefs, B♭major, related to HWV 322, 1st movement] -- [Sketch 9 : 1 bar, treble and bass clefs, B♭ major, related to HWV 325 no. 4, bars 11-12] -- [Sketch 10 : 2 bars, treble and bass clefs] -- [Sketch 11 : 1 bar, (treble and bass clefs), B♭ major, possibly related to HWV 330 last movement. The last notes are illegible]
p. 61, lines 9-10. [Sketch 12 : 3 bars, treble and bass clefs, B♭ major?, related to HWV 325 no. 4, bars 5-6]
p. 62, lines 1-2. [Sketch 13 : 4 bars, soprano and bass clefs, A minor : Muffat's Componimenti, no. V/1 Ouverture, bars 67-70] -- [Sketch 14 : 5 bars, treble clef, A major : related to "Sharp violins proclaim" in the Ode for St Cecilia's day. HWV 76, no. 7, bars 10-13]
p. 62, line 3. [Sketch 15 : 7 bars, soprano clef, D major : related to the melody of "As from the power of sacred lays", from Ode for St Cecilia's day, HWV 76, no. 11]
p. 62, line 4. [Sketch 16 : 6 bars, treble clef, A major]
p. 62, line 5. [Sketch 17 : 5 bars, treble clef, 2 parts : Concerto grosso, HWV 319, no. 4, Allegro, bars 1-5]
p. 62, lines 6-7. [Sketch 18 : 3 bars, soprano and bass clefs, G major (no key signature)] -- [Sketch 19 : 3 bars, treble and bass clefs, C major : Muffat, Componimenti, no. I/2, Allemande, bars 4-6 and 19-21]
p. 62, lines 8-9. [Sketch 20 : 5 bars, treble and bass clefs, G minor : Muffat, Componimenti, no. II/1, Prelude, bars 38-42]

Dating

Production date: AD 1739 : [England],[1739?]