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Gate hangs high: MU.MS.981

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Gate hangs high
The gate hangs high / [words by] C.L. Cudworth ; [music by] Patrick Hadley.

Maker(s)

Composer: Hadley, Patrick
Librettist: Cudworth, Charles

Categories

Description

For tenor solo, treble voices, and harp.
Caption title.
Dyeline reproduction from holograph manuscript.
Original paper: 16 staves, "A.L. No. 16 Printed in England"
Library has dyeline transparencies of pages 6 and 7.
Library has three copies, each with a holograph title on the cover, MU.MS.979 is marked up for harp, MU.MS.981 is marked "Tenor"; all three copies have performance markings.
With a programme for a performance by the Choirs of the Wheelright Grammar Schools [Dewsbury, Yorkshire] on Monday 15th December, 1969, conducted by Raymond Wood.

Measurements and weight

1 score (7 pages) ; 38 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1974) by Hadley, Patrick

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.981
Primary reference Number: 278820
ALMA control 001: 995201383803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Tuesday 19 October 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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