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Sonata con trio e gavotta, musical clock, HWV 578, C major: MU.MS.261.p.45

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sonata con trio e gavotta, musical clock, HWV 578, C major
Sonata, Allegro ; Trio, Larghetto ; Gavotta, non troppo presto / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

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Description

Given the title "Sonata con trio e gavotta" in HWV 578.
For musical clock (mechanical organ).
Title from captions.
Movement 1 is based on "Halleluijah, amen" for soprano and continuo, HWV 277 ; movement 2 is similar to the Air in G minor for harpschord, HWV 467 ; movement 3 is based on the 4th movement of the Concerto in Alexander's feast, HWV 318.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C161)
Page 45 is reproduced in facsimile in HHA, Supplement Bd. 1, p. 78.
Contents:
p. 45. Sonata, Allegro -- p. 48. Trio, Larghetto -- p. 49. Gavotta, non troppo presto

1.1.1 org Sonata Allegro C G-2 c 2''C4.Dt{6CD}/{ED8C}4-2-/2''C4.Dt{6CD}/{ECD'B}
1.2.1 org Trio Larghetto a G-2 3/4 8-''C/4C{6F8.EDt6C}/{8C'B}4B8-''E/4E{6A8.GFt6E}/
1.3.1 org Gavotta non troppo presto C G-2 c/ 4''G{6F8.E}/{6D8.C8'B''C}{6E8.D8CD}/

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 45-49) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: circa AD 1750 : [England],[ca. 1750]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.261.p.45
Primary reference Number: 276967
ALMA control 001: 994653163803606
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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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