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Occasional oratorio. Fly from threatening vengeance: MU.MS.259.p.39

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Occasional oratorio. Fly from threatening vengeance
[Fly from threatening vengeance] : [last 22 bars only] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

For S, vl, bc, from the 1747 version of the B section of the aria from Occasional oratorio, HWV 62 no. 9, starting at Handel Gesellschaft, volume 43, page 57, bar 6.
Editorial title.
The leaf has four vertical fold-marks, very evident on p. 40, similar to the fold-marks on p. 59-60.
Page 40 is of empty staves, but has an off print from another page in Handel's writing in pencil, or possibly light ink, on staves 1-2 and above (not from p. 59-60).
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend ; countermark "IV" (Burrows B160)

Oratorios Excerpts Scores.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 39) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1747 : [England],[1747]

Note

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Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.39
Primary reference Number: 276944
ALMA control 001: 994689353803606
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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

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