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Catone in Utica. Confusa, smarrita, spiegarti: MU.MS.150.G

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Catone in Utica. Confusa, smarrita, spiegarti
Confusa, smarrita, spiegarti : Aria / Del Sig:re Nicolò€ P Jomelli.

Maker(s)

Composer: Jommelli, Nicolò€,
Librettist.: Metastasio, Pietro,
Conservator: Blunn, Denis.
Binder: Brockman, James (bookbinder)

Categories

Description

Aria from the opera 'Catone in Utica' for solo voice (S) and string orchestra [vl1, vl2, vla, b].
Title taken from first line of text.
Words by Pietro Metastasio.
Copyist manuscript in ink.
Paper: 10 staves (176x245mm), watermark: fleur de lis in double circle.
Former classmark: 32 F 20.
Provenance: Founder's bequest, 1816. Inscribed on leaf 59 "Fitzwilliam 1793"
Received unbound. Bound as leaves 59-68 with other arias in half dark blue leather, with dark blue cloth sides by Wilson, Cambridge (circa 1890). Conserved by Denis Blun and rebound separately in quarter morocco with marble paper sides and vellum tips by James Brockman, July 1982.
1.1.1 S Aria Allegro Confusa, smarrita Eb C-1 bBEA 2/4 4-8-'G/FA4-/4-8-A/GB4-/

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (leaves 59-68) ; 22 x 29 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1770 - 1779

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.150.G
Primary reference Number: 278922
ALMA control 001: 99665143803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Thursday 14 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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