Current Location: In storage
Titles
Serse. Sinfonia, HWV 40, no. 3
[Sinfonia, Act 1 scene 2 (incomplete) from Serse] ; Allegro : [for violin solo in G major, HWV 407] ; Allegro : [for musical clock in C major, HWV 473] ; [and 1 sketch] / [George Frideric Handel]
Maker(s)
Composer:
Handel, George Frideric
Categories
Description
Discarded fold from a 2nd violin part for the opera Serse, with two works and a sketch added later.
Titles editorial and from captions.
Manuscript in ink: first work copyist, other works holograph in ink.
Watermark: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend ; countermark "IV" (Burrows B110)
1.1.1 vl Allegro G G-2 xF c {6'G''GFE}{DG'B''D}{CE'A''C}{'F''D'A''C}/
2.1.1 musical clock Allegro C G-2 3/4 8-{''CEGCE}/{DF'B''D'G''G}/{EG}4.'''Ct8''G/
3.1.1 treble [Sketch] Bb G-2 BE c 2'B''C//:{8DF'B''F}{'A''F'F''F}://{8''D6GF}{EDC'B}{AG8F}-B/
Contents
[1, p. 55, lines 1-4] Larghetto, con sordini [= Sinfonia, Act 1 scene 2 (incomplete), HWV 40, no. 3, with verbal cues "Pronto di dico" and "Andiam vicim andiam"] -- [2, p. 55, lines 6-10] Allegro : [for violin solo in G major, HWV 407] -- [3. p. 56] Allegro : [for musical clock in C major, HWV 473] :[dated in caption] 25 Agost 1738 ["24 Agost" deleted] / Freyentag[?] -- [p. 57, blank] -- [4, p. 58] [Sketch, 6 bars, treble clef, B♭ major, related to the 4th movement of organ concerto HWV 295 and the 4th movement of trio sonata, op. 5 no. 6 in F major (HWV 401)]
Measurements and weight
1 ms. part (p. 55-58) ; 29 cm.
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measurements. We will rectify this as soon as possible.
Dating
1737
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1837
Identification numbers
Accession number: MU.MS.262.p.55
Primary reference Number: 276992
ALMA control 001: 994656763803606
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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
