Philomela pia. Missa Sancti Adalberti. Sanctus. Osanna: MU.MS.262.p.51

Titles

Philomela pia. Missa Sancti Adalberti. Sanctus. Osanna
[Osanna] / [František Václav Habermann]. [2 sketches] ; Adagio [and] Allegro : [for violin and instruments, HWV 406 / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Composer: Habermann, František Václav

Categories

• Manuscript (music)

Description

Language: Latin
First work for SATB chorus (lacking words), vl1, vl2, vla, ob1-2, tpt1, tpt2, b (trumpets on p. 52-53 only)
First work is the Osanna from F.V. Habermann's Philomela pia, Missa III S. Adalberti (Monarchii, Pedemonti, 1748), used by Handel in the Spiritoso movement of his organ concerto, op. 7, no. 3.
"Subject in his 3rd Organ concerto (op. 3, 5th)" -- note in another hand, p. 51.
The texts "Ever faithful" and "And thy mercies" appear in the chorus "Theme sublime of endless praise" from Jephtha, but the music of these sketches was not used.
Manuscript in the hand of George Frideric Handel, in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C160)
1.1.1 S Spiritoso ma non presto [Osanna] G C-1 xF 6/4 4'GB''D/8G4D'B8G/{6''GFED}8EGDG{8.D3C'B}4''C'B/
2.1.1 S [Sketch 1] D C-1 xFC 6/4 2''D4'D-{8FGAF}/2B4,B-{8'EFGE}/
3.1.1 S [Sketch 2] D C-1 xFC 3/4 4-'D4D/BAG+/GFE+/EDxG/G2A
4.1.1 vl Allegro [and] Adagio G C-1 xF 3/4 2'A+{8.A6''E}{6.'A3BAB''CC}/2'B+{8.B6''C}{8'B6''CD}/

Contents
[1, p. 51-53] [Osana / Habmermann] -- [2, p. 51, lines 8-11] Ever faithful [crossed out] : [sketch 1, 4-7 bars, 2 and 3 voices, D major : 3 or 4 versions, derived from the Sanctus of Habermann's Missa Sancti Procopii, transposed from F major] -- [3, p. 52, line 10] And thy mercies [crossed out] : [sketch 2 : 6 bars, 2 sopranos, D major : two versions, derived from the Osanna in Habermann's Missa Sancti Ioannis Nepomuceni] -- [4, p. 95] Adagio [and] Allegro : [vl, ?2 instruments, b]

Dating

Production date: AD 1751 : [England],[1751?]

Note

Habermann, František Václav,1706-1783.