Current Location: In storage
Titles
Joseph and his brethren. I feel a spreading flame
Scene 4th. Asenath ; [and] Menuet / [George Frideric Handel]
Maker(s)
Composer:
Handel, George Frideric
Categories
Description
First draft of the recitative and uncompleted aria of the oratorio Joseph and his brethren, Part I, Scene IV, HWV 59 Anhang (9.), and a probably unrelated minuet for violin and continuo.
Two leaves probably removed from the holograph (R.M. 20.e.10) during course of composition.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
With scribbled annotations in right hand margin of page 21: "comme/ je ne", "demn" "Sans" "aucun" : see also pp. 66 and 79.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C80)
Contents:
[p. 21] Whence this unwonted ardour in my breast : [recitative for S (Asenath), bc] -- [p. 21-23] I feel a spreading flame : [aria for S, vl1, vl2, vla, b] -- [p. 24] Menuet [for treble (violin) and bass in D major, HWV 420 : uncompleted first draft of melody written on lines 1 & 3, with complete minuet on lines 5-8]
1.1.1 S (Asenath) Whence this unwonted ardour in my breast C-1 c 4-8-''CCCFC/'AA''C'F4bB-/
1.2.1 vl1 I feel a spreading flame bB G-2 b BE c 8-{''FBA}4B+8({6BDE};3)({6FEF};3)/4'B+8({6B''DC};3)({6'B''CD};3)
1.2.2 S (Asenath) I feel a spreading flame Bb C-1 bBE c =8/8-'FBF2B+/{6B''DCD}8'B''F4D+8({6DFE};3)({6DEF};3)/
2.1.1 treble Menuet D G-2 xFC 3/4 2''A{8FD}/4'A{8AAAA}/4F{8ED}4''D/2.'A/
Measurements and weight
1 ms. score (p. 21-24) ; 24 x 29 cm.
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Dating
Production date:
AD 1743
: [England],[1743?]
Identification numbers
Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.21
Primary reference Number: 276939
ALMA control 001: 994687683803606
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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
