Concerto salmigondis (Sketches) [Sketches for Concerto salmigondis] / [Kenneth Hesketh]
Composer:
Hesketh, Kenneth
Handel, George Frideric
Editorial title.
The third movement is based on the "Carillon" part for the chorus "Or let the merry bells ring round" from Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Fitzwilliam Museum manuscript MU.MS.265, pages 38-39.
Holograph manuscript in pencil.
Paper: 14 staves (282x223mm), maker's name: "Casa Brandes / Espaderos 529, Lima" [Peruvian paper brought to Britain by the composer's wife Arlene Sierra]
Received unbound.
Contents:
[leaf 1] Concerto salmagondis (pasticcio synonym). I - Intrada -- [leaf 2] [Three titled fragments] III. Leggiero (the Charming Brute). ("I am myself alone") : the inscription found at the bottom of Goupy's painting [of George Frederic Handel] ; IV, Musette ; V, Hop Jig [with arrows indicating] reference to Handel Carillon. -- [leaf 3] (The Charming Brite - K.H. / Carillon - G.F.H.) - one of a number of presentations & distortions of the Carillon part in the Fitz collection. [On the reverse is an outline of the 5 movements with indications of links between them, and sources of the music, e.g. "use sketches form 1st symphony (1983) / Little, little suite (2014)] -- [leaf 4] Capriccio [for keyboard?] [unclear if this is related to the Concerto salmigondis]
History note: Presented by the composer, 2016.
1 ms. score (4 leaves) ; 12-33 cm.
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Method of acquisition: Given (2016) by Hesketh, Kenneth
Production date: AD 2015-09 : [London?],[September, 2015]
Accession number: MU.MS.1491
Primary reference Number: 278912
ALMA control 001: 995381083803606
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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