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Joshua. As chears the sun the tender flow'r (Sketches): MU.MS.259.p.63

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Joshua. As chears the sun the tender flow'r (Sketches)
As chears the sun the tender flow'r / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Sketch or uncompleted draft (first 14 bars) of a rejected version of the aria from Joshua, HWV 64 no. 25, for S, vl1, vl2, vla, bc.
Title from first line.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C130)
1.1.1 vl1 Larghetto As chears the sun the tender flow'r g G-2 bBE 12/8 8''D/4.'GAtB8--''D/4'G8''G4F8E4D8C4'B8A/4G8F4E8D{CAB}
1.1.1 S Larghetto As chears the sun the tender flow'r g C-1 bBE 12/8 8-/=3/4.8--''D4.'GA/B8--''D4'G8''G4F8E/4D8C4'B8A4G8F44E8D/

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 63-64) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.63
Primary reference Number: 276951
ALMA control 001: 994691233803606
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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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