Selections (Musical sketches): MU.MS.263.p.49

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Selections (Musical sketches)
[Collection of musical sketches and drafts] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Description

Single leaf of sketches and drafts, for works composed in 1733-1734 (and one used in 1737).
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C30)
1.1.1 treble Gavot G G-2 xF c/ 4''GxF/G'G''C{8'BA}/4''D{8C'B}4''E{8DC}/
2.1.1 treble Mu[sette, or] Me[nuet] G G-2 xF 3/4 4'GDG/{8GFGAB''C}/4DDD/2.D/4GGG/2.G/
3.1.1 treble Musette D G-2 xFC 3/4 4''A/2A4G/4.F8G4E/D'A''D/2D4''A/
4.1.1 vl Menuet, act 2 c G-2 bBEA 3/4 4''G{8FEDC}/4AGF/E{8FEDE}/2.C/
5.1.1 treble Gavotte Bb G-2 bBE c/ {8'B''CD'B}/4''F{8GA}4BA/GFGF/
6.1.1 treble [Sketch 6, Menuet?] a G-2 3/4 4''AEE/2.E/{8DE}4FE/DC'B/{8''C'B''CDCD}/
7.1.1 treble [Sketch 7, Menuet?] A G-2 xFCG 3/4 2.''A/4E{8DC'BA}/{''FEDC'BA}/2.G/
8.1.1 S Air de Luteur Pesament a G-2 c/ 8-''E/2A'A/2.G8-''E/2A'F/2.E8-''E/2A'D/2.C4''F/

Contents
[1. p. 49, lines 1-2] Gavot : [melody in G major, used in Arianna in Creta, HWV 32 no. 32] -- [2. p. 49, line 2] Mu[sette, or] Me[nuet] : [melody in G major, 23 bars] -- [3. p. 49, lines 3-5] Musette : [melody in D major : used in Ariodante, HWV 33, no. 17] -- [4., p. 49, lines 6-8] Menuet, act 2 : [for vl, vla, b, in C minor : used in Il pastor fido, 3rd version, HWV 8c, no. 24] -- [5, p. 49, lines, 9-10] Gavotte [for treble and bass in B♭ major, 16 bars : used in Arianna in Creta, HWV 32, no. 34] -- [6, p. 50, line 1] [Menuet? : 16 bar melody in A minor : used Arminio HWV 36 no. 32, for the final chorus "A capir tante dolcezze"] -- [7, p. 50, lines 1-2] [Menuet? : 24 bar melody in A major] -- [8, p. 50, lines 3-4] Air de Luteur[?] : Pesament [?] : [sketch for an aria, S, b : 15 bars, incomplete]