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Alessandro Severo. Ouverture: MU.MS.258.p.9

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Alessandro Severo. Ouverture
[Ouverture to Alessandro Severo] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

For orchestra (on 3 and 4 staves: clefs G2, G2, C4, F4 and G2, C3, F4)
Incomplete, lacking Largo and bars 1-13 of the Allegro.
Editorial title.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
HWV A¹³ Ouverture.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C40)
Contents:
[Allegro] : [vl1, vl2, vla, b] -- Menuet : [vl, vla, b]

1.1.1 vl Menuet g G-2 bBE 3/4 {8''GA}2B/4AGxF/{8GA}2B/

Measurements and weight

1 score (p. 9-12) ; 23 x 30 cm.

At the moment, this record does not display units or type of measurements. We will rectify this as soon as possible.

Dating

Production date: AD 1738 : [England],[1738]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.258.p.9
Primary reference Number: 276920
ALMA control 001: 994616993803606
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 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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