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Trio sonatas, violins, continuo, op. 5. Selections: MU.MS.798.f.31

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Trio sonatas, violins, continuo, op. 5. Selections
Sonata / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Scribe: Handel copyist S1

Categories

Description

Selections from Trio sonatas, op. 5, for vl1, vl2, bc.
Caption title from f. 31.
Manuscript in the hand of Larsen's Handel copyist S1.
Originally paginated 1-18.
Watermark (f. 3-19 & 22): "WR" below Fleur de lis in crowned shield / "I VILLEDARY"
Copied ca.1736-1741 (see D. Burrows).
The second section of MU.MS.798 (Barrett-Lennard volume 10).
Contents:
[f. 31] Sonata [op. 5, no. 5 in G minor : lacking movements 5 & 6 (Air & BourreĢe)] -- [f. 35] Sonata [op. 5, no. 6, F major : lacking movement 5A/B (Menuet)] -- [f 39] Larghetto - Allegro [from Sonata, op. 5, no. 1, A major]

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (f. 31-39v) ; 44 cm.

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Dating

Circa 1736 - Circa 1741

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.798.f.31
Primary reference Number: 279127
ALMA control 001: 994729793803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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