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Te Deum, HWV 281, B♭ major: MU.MS.71

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Te Deum, HWV 281, B♭ major
[Chandos Te Deum] / [George Frideric Handel].
Te Deum / G.F.H.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Te Deum / G.F.H.
Te Deum in B flat major.
For mixed voices (STTTB) and orchestra.
Former classmark: 23.G.10.
Thematic cat. no.: HWV 281.
First line: We praise thee O God.
Editorial title.
Copyist manuscript in ink (same hand as MU.MS.69).
Paper: 10 staves (198x260mm), watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermarn "IV".
Provenance: Founder's bequest, 1816. Inscribed on leaf 1: "R. Fitzwilliam 1769".
Binding: rough calf with decorative blind stamp borders and panels; red leather label on front cover.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (98 leaves, bound) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

Ca. 1750 - Ca. 1759

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.71
Primary reference Number: 278768
ALMA control 001: 99574803803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Friday 29 January 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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