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Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne: MU.MS.798.f.166

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne
Serenata, On Queen Anns Birth Day / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Philips, Ambrose,
Scribe: Handel copyist S9.

Categories

Description

For soli and orchestra.
First line: 'Eternal source of light divine'.
Caption title.
Words by Ambrose Philips.
Thematic catalogue no. HWV 74.
Manuscript in the hand of Larsen's Handel copyist S9.
Originally paginated 1-44.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend ; countermark "JW" (Burrows F2b)
Paper: (f. 166-167) 24 staves, rastrum a 6 (92mm) ; (f. 168-187) 20 staves, rastrum a 5 (90.5mm).
Copied after 1741 (see D. Burrows).
Fourth section of MU.MS.798 (Barrett-Lennard volume 10).

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (f. 166-187) ; 44 cm.

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Dating

Production date: circa AD 1760 : [England],[ca. 1760]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.798.f.166
Primary reference Number: 279139
ALMA control 001: 994731103803606
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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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