Samson. Let the bright seraphim: MU.MS.259.p.15

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Samson. Let the bright seraphim
Let the bright seraphims in burning row / [George Frideric Handel]
Let the bright seraphim in burning row

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Manuscript (music)

Description

For SATB chorus, vl1, vl2, vla, ob1, ob2, bc.
Recorded in Handel Handbuch as a sketch, but this is a complete full score of an 8-bar setting of the complete text, possibly to replace the aria, and to be followed by the chorus "Let their celestial concerts all unite".
Title from first line.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C80)
1.1.1 S Let the bright seraphim D G-2 xFC c 4''D8'A''D8.C6'B8A''nC/4'BAB8-A/
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Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 15) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1743 : [England],[1743?]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.15
Primary reference Number: 276936
ALMA control 001: 994685703803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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