IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 278619 accession number: MU.MS.1045 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 updated: Thursday 18 February 2021 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: For SAB soli, SATB chorus and orchestra. Title on fly leaf. "Begun at Hullah's request, for his concert in St. Martin's Hall in March, begun again May 4th, finished in October 1851. First performed Harmonic Union, Exeter Hall [25? April, 18]53 singers Mis[s] L. Pyne, Mrs. GAM & Staudigl, also R[oyal] A[cademy] M[usic] 2nd Concert [18]53 - Street, Freeman, Gray. Harmonic Union, [Exeter Hall, 12 December 1853, not 18]54 - Mrs. Weiss, Miss Dolby, Mr. Weiss. Birmingham Festival, Aug. 28 [18]55 - Castellan, Viardot, Weiss." -- note on fly leaf. Holograph manuscript in ink, dated on leaf 1 "4th May 1851" and "October 1851" on leaf 142. The horn, trumpet, trombone, timpani and percussion parts are written in score on additional inserted leaves after leaves 10-25, 95-105, 107, 110-121, 123-131, and 133-141 (42 additional leaves in all). Original foliation 1-142, with additional leaves numbered with the addition of "1/2", e.g. leaf "10" is followed by leaf "10 1/2". Paper: 16 staves (210x250mm), no watermark. Paper (additional leaves): 12 staves (202x250mm), no watermark. German and English words, with English words added below the German. title: MU.MS.1045 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/278619 CATEGORIES ------ category: manuscript (music) DATING ------ creation date: 1851 - 1851 creation date earliest: 1851 creation date latest: 1851 CREATORS -------- maker: Macfarren, G. A. maker: Bürger, Gottfried Augustus maker: Oxenford, John maker: Hullah, John DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 1 ms. score (142 [i.e. 184] leaves) ; 24 x 30 cm.