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Minuets, harpsichord, HWV 462, D minor: MU.MS.260.p.1

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Minuets, harpsichord, HWV 462, D minor
Menuet / [George Frideric Handel]
Air en menuet.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Air en menuet.
For harpsichord.
Caption title; preceded by two words crossed out "Air in [or en]"
HWV 462.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
With one horizontal and three horizontal fold marks. Page 1 lines 8-9 inverted: 1 bar of music without clefs, key signature or time signature, not in Handel's hand. Page 2 is of empty staves, with rough annotations in ink similar to those on page 42. The word "zweimal" on stave 6, and some minims in the margin, and ink blots.
Watermark: "Cantoni" above and "Bergamo" below triangles in a circle (Burrows Cantoni)
1.1.1 hpcd d G-2 bB 3/8 {8''D'A''F}/{E'A''G}/{F6GFED}/{xCD8E'A}/

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 1) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: circa AD 1725 : [England],[ca. 1725]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.260.p.1
Primary reference Number: 267560
ALMA control 001: 994622693803606
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Audit data

Created: Monday 16 November 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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