English hymns: MU.MS.262.p.9

Titles

English hymns
The Invitation ; Desiring to Love ; On the Resurrection / [George Frideric Handel]
Desiring to love.
On the Resurrection.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Wesley, Charles
Annotator: Wesley, Samuel

Categories

• Manuscript (music)

Description

Desiring to love.
On the Resurrection.
Three hymns for S, b.
"The Words of these Hymns are by my Father the late Rev.d Charles Wesley. S. Wesley" -- note in the hand of S. Wesley (ca. 1825), in pencil, inked over.
HWV 284-286.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows B160)
1.1.1 S The invitation Sinners obey the Gospel word g C-1 bBE c 4'G8.D6xF4GA/4.B8''C2'A/
1.2.1 S Desiring to Love O Love divine how sweet thou art F C-1 bB 6/4 4'F/2A4B2''C4'B/y4AGzB2A
1.3.1 S On the Resurrection Rejoice the Lord is King G C-1 xFC c 4'A/BA4.F8xG/2A4-D/G{8FE}4.E8D/2D
Contents:
The invitation : "Sinners obey the Gospel word" -- Desiring to Love ; "O Love divine how sweet thou art" -- On the Resurrection : "Rejoice the Lord is King"

Dating

Production date: AD 1747 : [England],[ca. 1747]