Joshua. O thy bright orb (Sketches) [O thy bright orb] : / [George Frideric Handel]
Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Uncompleted first draft of bars 16-31 of the solo and chorus "O thy bright orb" from Joshua, HWV 64 no. 28.
For T (Joshua), SATB chorus, vl1, vl2, vla, vlc, bc, ob1-2, tpt1-2, hn1-2.
This leaf probably followed GB Lbl R.M. 20.e.11, f. 75v, which contains the first 15 bars.
Title from first line.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
With scribbled annotations on p. 66 above top line: "demnach" "Sans" "In" : see also pp. 21 and 79.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C130)
1 ms. score (p. 65-66) ; 24 x 29 cm.
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Production date: AD 1747 : [England],[1747]
Accession number: MU.MS.259.p.65
Primary reference Number: 276952
ALMA control 001: 994691313803606
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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