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Pastor fido (1734). Terpsichore: MU.MS.798.f.72v

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Pastor fido (1734). Terpsichore
Prologue / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Scribe: Handel copyist S5

Categories

Description

For soli and orchestra.
With the complete ouverture from Il pastor fido HWV 8a, and lacking the initial chorus HWV 8b/1, aria HWV 8b/3, the Chaconne HWV 8b/5, and the final chorus, HWV 8b/14.
Caption title.
Thematic catalogue no. HWV 8b.
Manuscript in the hand of Larsen's Handel copyist S5.
Originally paginated 65-116.
Watermark: "WR" below Fleur de lis in crowned shield / "I VILLEDARY"
Copied ca.1736-1741 (see D. Burrows).
Part of the third section of MU.MS.798 (Barrett-Lennard volume 10).

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (f. 72v-97v) ; 44 cm.

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Dating

Circa 1736 - Circa 1741

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.798.f.72v
Primary reference Number: 279134
ALMA control 001: 994729913803606
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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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