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Works. Selections (Sketches): MU.MS.262.p.65

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Works. Selections (Sketches)
[Aria for alto and orchestra] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

Uncompleted draft for an aria for A, ob, vl1, vl2, vla, b, comprising, first 7 bars of ritornello only.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows B20)
1.1.1 ob [Aria] e G-2 xF 4-8-''E{8.F6C}{8C6'BA}/{GF8E}-''G{G3FG6A}{8D3C'B6''C}/{'BA8G}

Measurements and weight

1 ms. (p. 65) ; 24 x 29 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1717 : .[England],[1717?]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.262.p.65
Primary reference Number: 276996
ALMA control 001: 994658643803606
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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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