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Cantatas. Selections: MU.MS.797

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Cantatas. Selections
Cantatas / composed by Mr. Handel.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Handel copyist S1

Categories

Description

49 cantatas for voice and continuo, nos. 1-36 and 49 for soprano, nos. 37-48 for alto.
Cover title.
Manuscript in the hand of Larsen's Handel copyist S1.
Watermark : "LVG" below fleur de lis in crowned shield ; countermark "IV" (Burrows C*e)
Copied ca.1736-1741 (see D. Burrows).
Provenance: volume "9" of the Barrett Lennard collection.
Barrett Lennard binding style A group 2 (see D. Burrows).

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (210 p., bound) ; 44 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1902) by Barrett Lennard, Francis

Dating

Circa 1736 - Circa 1741

People, subjects and objects depicted

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.797
Primary reference Number: 279075
ALMA control 001: 994727653803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Monday 16 January 2023 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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