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[Collection of sonatas for harpsichord] Scarlatti. [manuscript] /: MU.MS.147

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

[Collection of sonatas for harpsichord] Scarlatti. [manuscript] /
Sonatas, Selections harpsichord.

Maker(s)

Composer: Scarlatti, Domenico
Conservator: Pickwoad, Nicholas,

Categories

Description

31 harpsichord sonatas, being a compilation of several single sonatas, several pairs, and a collection of 9 sonatas.
Editorial title, ascription from p. 1.
In the hand of R. Fitzwilliam and two or three copyists. Fitzwilliam most probably copied the sonatas in Madrid in 1772. Since he uses paper with the same watermarks as two of the copyists, it is probable that all the manuscripts were copied in the same year.
All were published, except those marked "Printed", in "Thirty sonatas, for the harpsichord or piano-forte, publish'd (by permission) from manuscripts in the possession of Lord Viscount Fitzwilliam composed by Sigr. Domenico Scarlatti" (London: Rt. Birchall, [1800])
Former classmark: 32 F 12.
With thematic index in the hand of R. Fitzwilliam, p. 124-125, with two marked "Printed" (p. 57 and 67)
Ownership inscription: 'R. Fitzwilliam, Madrid 1772'.
Bookplate: 'Fitzwilliam'.
Binding: vellum, with red leather label on cover "SCARLATE", conservation details given in ts. note at end, by Nicholas Pickwoad, 22 April 1986.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. (125 p. of music, bound) ;22 x 29 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1772 : [Spain],[1772?]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.147
Primary reference Number: 252353
ALMA control 001: 99569513803606
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 30 September 2020 Updated: Monday 11 October 2021 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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