Deborah. Let our glad songs. O celebrate his sacred name (Sketches): MU.MS.259.p.19

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Deborah. Let our glad songs. O celebrate his sacred name (Sketches)
For ever let his sacred praise ; [and] Since light so necessary is to life ; [and 1 sketch] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Description

Two drafts or inserts and a sketch.
Single sheet, Deborah was composed in 1733 and Samson in 1741, the sketch was added last.
Holograph manuscript in ink, with annotation on bottom outer corner of p. 19l, inverted: "Sams. 140 ex inl[?] Recit / Micah. 97 / Manoa 76 / Dalilah. 31. / Harapha 34 / Messenger 10 / [?i]n allen 376"
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C*50)
With ownership signature on p. 19: "Fitzwilliam, 1799"
Contents:
[p. 19] For ever let his sacred praise : [SAATB chorus score of "Thou has prevented him" from the Coronation anthem "The King shall rejoice", HWV 260, with new text for use in the chorus "Let our glad songs" in Deborah, HWV 51 no. 39, but subseqently replaced with another text "O celebrate his sacred name", see GB Lbl R.M. 20.h.2 f. 57r and R.M. 20.h.5 f. 26 ]: [at top of page cue sign:] sublitera A -- [p. 20, end of lines 1-2] [Sketch or insertion for viola da gamba?, ca. 11 bars with a double bar with repeat signs, in G major] -- [p. 20 inverted] Since light so necessary is to life : [A (Micah), vl1-2, vla, bc] : [recitative accompagnato from Samson, HWV 57 no. 9, with insert below last bars]

1.1.1 A Allegro For ever let his sacred name D C-3 xFC c 2.'F/2G4G/4.F8{EDC}/{DE}4.C8,B/2B'4B/
2.1.1 vla [Sketch or insert] G C-3 xF c 8,G/{B'D}{D6C,B}{'CDEG}{FGAF}/{DFGB}
3.1.1 A (Micah) Largo e piano Since light so necessary is to life C-3 c 2-4-8-'xC/4xF8-E6GGGG8GxF/4E