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Serse. Va godendo (Sketches): MU.MS.263.p.47

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Serse. Va godendo (Sketches)
[Sketches for Serse] / [George Friederic Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Leaf written on one side only (p. 48 blank).
Holograph manuscript in ink.
HWV 40.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C40)
1.1.1 treble [Va godendo] Bb G-2 bBE 6/8 8'B{6''DCD'B}8''C4'F/{6B''CDCD'B}8''E4C/
1.2.1 treble [Gigue] F G-2 bB 6/8 8''B/{6AF8GA}{BDE}/4.F+4F8G/{6'AG8FB}

Contents
[Lines 1-2] [Sketches for the aria Va godendo, HWV 40 no. 5 : melody only] -- [Line 3-10 (with amendments up into lines 1-2)] [Gigue from the overture : draft for treble and bass]

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 47) ; 23 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1737 : .[England],[1737?]

Note

Handel, George Frideric,1685-1759

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.263.p.47
Primary reference Number: 277017
ALMA control 001: 994667013803606
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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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