Selections (Musical sketches): MU.MS.263.p.69

Titles

Selections (Musical sketches)
[Collection of 5 musical sketches] : The Book of Kings. Ahab, Jezabel, Naboth, The Profet Elija / [by George Frideric Handel and/or others]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

• Manuscript (music)

Description

Manuscript in the hand of George Frideric Handel.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C160)
1.1.1 S No cosi presto no A C-1 xFC c/ 4'A{8B''C}/4'BEB-/2-4B8''CD4C8'BA/''C
2.1.1 treble Alle[gro?] b G-2 xFC c {6'B''CDE}/{8FFF6xGxA}{8BFF6xGxA}/{8B'FF6xGxA}{8B''FBD}/
3.1.1 S [Untexted recitative] C-1 c 8'BB4-4.bB8G/4''E8ExC'AA4-/4''D8-bE4E8EE/4CC
4.1.1 S [Untexted fragment] b C-1 xFC c 4,BBxAnA/xGnG2F+/1F+/4FFFF/nEbEDxC/1C+/C+/2CF//
5.1.1 b [Untitled movement] a F-4 c {8,AB'C}{,B'CD}{8.C6,B8AB}/{'C,AD'C}{8.,B6A8GB}/

Contents
[1, p. 69, lines 1-6] No kossi [=cosi?] presto no : [aria for S bc : the text is partly written in Kurrentschrift : 22 bars in A major] -- [2, p. 69, lines 5-8] Alle[gro] [for treble and bass in B minor : 10 bars] -- [3, p. 69, lines 9-11] [Recitative for S, b, lacking text except one syllable "Ah" on the third note : line 11 is a free hand stave added at the bottom of the page, first continuing the voice from line 9, and then the continuo from line 10, this then continues on a free hand stave to the right of line 8 : there is some loss of music from the bottom and right hand edges] -- [4, p. 70, lines 1-4] [Untexted fragment for SATB : 8 bars in B minor] -- [5, p. 70, lines 5-10] [Untitled movement for 2 trebles and bass in A minor : 27 bars, incomplete?]

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1750 : [England],[ca. 1750]