IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 276953 accession number: MU.MS.259.p.67 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 updated: Monday 18 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Draft for an insertion into the 1737 performance of Esther, comprising a newly composed recitative for B ("Israelite"), bc, and the ritornello for an aria taken from Atalanta (1736), for B, vl1/ob1-2, vl2, vla, b. Single leaf, the draft for Esther written on page 68 in 1737, and the sketches written on page 67 in 1748. Thomas Rheinhold (B) sang the aria "Sol provi contenti" in Atalanta, and Haman in the 1737 performance of Esther. This insertion was probably never used. Holograph manuscript in ink. Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C*70) Contents: [p. 67, lines 1-4] [Sketch 1] When the sun o'er yonder hills : [S, b] : [words from Solomon ; different melody for HWV 67 no. 16] -- [p. 67 lines 5-6] [Sketch 2] [S (no text), b : G minor : 5 bars : probably for same aria as Sketch 1] -- [p. 67, middle of lines 5-6] [Sketch 3] [S (no text), b : G minor : 4 1/2 bars : probably for same aria as Sketch 1 and 2] -- p. 67, end of lines 5-6, continuing at the end of lines 3-4] [Sketch 4] [S (no text), b : G minor : 10 bars : related to the ritornello for HWV 67 no. 16] -- [p. 67, lines 7-8] [Sketch 5] Thrice : [B, b, C major, 11 bars : probably related to Thrice bless'd be the king, HWV 67 no. 22] -- [p. 67 lines 8-10] [Sketch 6] : [for treble (vl), alto (vla), b : A major, 5 bars] 1.1.1 B Sie lieto il nostro zelo C-1 c 4-8-,A'CCC,B/GG4-8-6GB/4B6AG8'CC 1.2.1 vl1 Andante [Sol provi contenti] C G-2 c 8''C/{6FE}4G8A{AG}-G/{6A'''C''BA}{8AG}{GF} 2.1.1 S [Sketch 1] When the sun o'er yonder hills g C-1 bBE c 2-4.'D8G/4.xF8F4.G8A/2B4.B{6AG}/4.F8G4.E8D/2D 3.1.1 S [Sketch 2] [When the sun o'er yonder hills] g C-1 bBE c 2-4.'G8A/4.B8A4.''C8'B/2A4.F8F/4.F8G4.E8D/2D 4.1.1 S [Sketch 3] [When the sun o'er yonder hills] g C-1 bBE 3/4 8.'G6A/4.B8A8.''C6'B/2A8.F6F/4.F8G8.E6D/2D 5.1.1 S [Sketch 4] [When the sun o'er yonder hills] g C-1 bBE 3/4 8.,B6B/4.'C8C{6CD8E}/4D-8.D6D/4.nE8E4E/xF-8.F6F/ 6.1.1 B [Sketch 5] Thrice bless'd king C F-4 3/4 4'C,BA/2G4F/E2F/2.G/4CDE/F2D/2.C/ 7.1.1 treble [Sketch 6] A G-2 xFCG c {6''AEDE}{CEDE}{'AEDE}{,A'EAG}/ title: Esther HWV 50b. Italian (Sketches) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/276953 CATEGORIES ------ category: manuscript (music) DATING ------ creation date: 1737 - 1748 creation date earliest: 1737 creation date latest: 1748 CREATORS -------- maker: Handel, George Frideric DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 1 ms. score (p. 67-68) ; 24 x 29 cm.