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Hunting song: MU.MS.262.p.11

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Hunting song
Hunting Song ; [and 3 sketches] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Legh, Charles

Categories

Description

Song for S, b (HWV 226) ; sketches for Hercules (HWV 60)
First line of song: The morning is charming, all nature is gay.
Words by Charles Legh.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C80)
1.1.1 S The morning is charming, all nature is gay D C-1 xFC 3/8
8'A/''DDD/D{6CD}8'B/''EEE/4E
1.2.1 S [Sketch 1] Eb C-1 bBEA c 4-2'E4D/4.E8G4.F8F/{8.G6A}2B4A+/AG2F/E
1.3.1 S [Sketch 2] c C-1 xFC 3/8 8'G/{''CEGC}{6'nBnA8G}6-{''CDE}/{8F'A,B'A}{6GF8E}
1.4.1 S [Sketch 3] c C-1 xFC 3/88'G/4.''C{6D'nB}4.''C{6D'nB}/{8''GCAC}4'nB8''G/{AC'xF''xF}
Songs (High voice) with continuo. Hunting songs. Musical sketches.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (p. 11-12) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1743 : [England],[1743]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.262.p.11
Primary reference Number: 276976
ALMA control 001: 994654273803606
Stable URI

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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