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Ode on Aeolus's Harp / Composed by Mr. J. Burton ; Words by Mr. Mason: MU.MS.166.E

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ode on Aeolus's Harp / Composed by Mr. J. Burton ; Words by Mr. Mason

Maker(s)

Burton, John (Composer)
Mason, Rev. William
Binder (person): Cockerell Bindery

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Description

1 ms. score (4 leaves, bound) ; 24 x 32 cm.

Language: English
Secular cantata for solo voice (S) and continuo.
Manuscript in ink, either holograph or Miss Dacre.
First line: 'Aethereal race, inhabitants of air'.
Caption title.
Paper: 12 staves (219x309mm); watermark: cross in circle (incomplete) ; countermark: "?????" over "????????" (very feint letters)
Former classmark: 32.G.27.
Dated at the end: 'Miss Dacre scripsit [?] 24 September 1778 Paris' - note at end.
Probably received unbound. Bound as tract 5 in a miscellany, probably about 1890, and rebound separately in quarter rmorocco, marbled paper sides and vellum tips by the Cockerell Bindery, DC 6540, October 1979.
1.1.1 S Recitative Largo Aethereal Race Inhabitants of Air G-2 xFCGDAE c 2-4-'F/FF2F/2-4-F/FFF''D/2.C

Notes

History note: Probably the Founder's bequest, possibly from the composer in 1782.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1778 : [England?], [1778?]

People, subjects and objects depicted

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.166.E
Primary reference Number: 300297
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 7 July 2021 Updated: Wednesday 7 July 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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