IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 276954 accession number: MU.MS.259.p.69 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 updated: Monday 18 December 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Uncompleted draft of a rejected version of the aria from Solomon, HWV 67 no. 34, laid out in full score for tenor voice and orchestra, in G minor, in [4/4] time. Only the vocal line with words, the bass instrumental line, and one section of treble instrumental ritornello is composed. The empty staves on pages 69, 70 and 72 are partly used for sketches (or possibly excerpts from music of other composers). Editorial title. Two-leaf fold. Other leaves from this draft are at GB Lbl R.M. 20.h.4, ff. 117 and 126. Holograph manuscript in ink. Note on page 72, below line 8 "Sigr. / Mr. Baroni" Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C140) Contents: [p. 69, lines 1-5] [Sketch 1, for treble, S, A, T, B/b (no text), in G major, 3 1/2 bars] -- [p. 69, beginning of lines 8-10] [Sketch 2, for treble 1, treble 2, b, in B♭ major, 2 bars (bass only)] -- [p. 69, middle of lines 8-10] [Sketch 3, for treble 1, treble 2, b, in D major, 4 bars] -- [p. 69, end of lines 8-10] [Sketch 4, for treble 1, treble 2, b, in D major, 3 bars (bass only)] -- [p. 70, lines 1-5] [Sketch 5, for treble, S, A, T, B/b (no text), in G major, 13 bars] -- [p. 72, line 1] [Sketch 6, for treble, in D major, 4 bars] 1.1.1 treble [Sketch 1] G G-2 xF c 8-6''D{8.'B6G}/{8.''D6B}{8GB}{AFGD}/ 2.1.1 b [Sketch 2] Bb F-4 bBE c {8,,B,BAF}{B,,B,BA}/{GFED}{ECF,,F}/ 3.1.1 treble 1 [Sketch 3] D G-2 xFC c 4''A+{6AFED}q8D4.C{6'B''C}/4D+{6DC'BA}{B''CDE} 4.1.1 b [Sketch 4] D F-4 xFC c 8-{,DFD}{6GFGA}{BAB'C}/{8D6,DE}{8FD}{6GFGE}{8A,,A}/ 5.1.1 S [Sketch 5] G C-1 3/4 4''D/2'B4''E/'A''DC/4.'B8''C4'A/2''D4'A/B''CD/2E4D/ 6.1.1 treble [Sketch 6] D G-2 xFC 12/8 8''D/{C'BA}{GFE}{FED}--''F/{EFG}{FED}{C'BA}--A/ title: Solomon. Golden columns fair and bright (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/276954 CATEGORIES ------ category: manuscript (music) DATING ------ creation date: 1748 - 1748 creation date earliest: 1748 creation date latest: 1748 CREATORS -------- maker: Handel, George Frideric DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 1 ms. score (p. 69-72) ; 24 x 29 cm.