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Hercules: MU.1486

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Hercules
Hercules : an oratorio in score composed in the year 1744 by G.F. Handel.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Broughton, Thomas
Publisher: Arnold, Samuel

Categories

Description

Text by Thomas Broughton.
Secular oratorio in 3 parts.
Nos. 34-39 of Samuel Arnold's edition of Handel's complete works.
Wholly engraved.
In score, with figured bass.

MU.1486: Arnold no. 34 (p. [1]-36), no. 35 (original wrapper only), no. 36 (p. 85-132, with additional engraving by Bartolozzi and original wrapper), no. 37 (p. 133-180), no. 38 (p. 181-220, with original wrapper), and no. 39 (p. 221-248).
See also: Item no.1 in volume MU.472.

Measurements and weight

1 score (248 p.) ; 37 cm.

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Dating

1788 - 1789

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.1486
Primary reference Number: 278750
ALMA control 001: 994178303803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Thursday 28 January 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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