Suites, harpsichord HWV 452, G minor Allemanda ; Courante ; Sarabande ; Gigue ; Quel fior che l'alba ride / [George Frideric Handel]
Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Four movements from the Suite for harpsichord in G minor, HWV 452, and (on the same fold as the Gigue) the Italian cantata "Quel fior che l'alba ride" (HWV 154).
Title from captions and first line.
The harpsichord movements are written on the recto only of three separate leaves and the first leaf of a fold; the leaves were originally numbered "1"-"4" (now mostly lost).
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark p. 31-32, 37-40: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C30)
Watermark p. 33-36: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend ; countermark "IV" (Burrows B140)
Contents:
p. 31. Allemanda -- p. 33. Courante -- p. 35. Sarabande -- p. 37. Gigue -- p. 38-39. Quel fior che l'alba ride.
1.1.1 hpcd Allemanda g G-2 bBE c 8''D/{G6DC}{8'B6AB}4G8-A/{6B''D'GB}{A''C'xFA}4G 1.2.1 hpcd Courante g G-2 bBE 3/4 8'xF/{GD,B'DGA}/{BAGAB''C}/4.D8D4E+/{8EE}
1.3.1 hpcd Sarabande g G-2 bBE 3/4 4''DB{8.At6G}/2G4D/EE{8.D6E}q8D2.C/
1.4.1 hpcd Gigue g G-2 bBE 12/8 {8'GB''D}{C'BA}4.BA/{8G''DG}{FED}
2.1.1 S Quel fior che l'alba ride Larghetto e C-1 xF c =1/2-4-8-'E/4B8-B8.''C6E{8D6Ct'B}/4B8-B8.A''6C8.'B6A/
1 ms. score (p. 31-40) ; 24 x 29 cm.
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Production date: ca AD 1739 : [England],[ca. 1739]
Accession number: MU.MS.261.p.31
Primary reference Number: 276965
ALMA control 001: 994651903803606
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Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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