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Concertos, violin, string orchestra, RV 342, A major: MU.MS.166.A

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Concertos, violin, string orchestra, RV 342, A major
Con:to / Del Viualdi.

Maker(s)

Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio,
Bookbinder: Cockerell Bindery

Categories

Description

For violin and string orchestra in A major.
Caption title.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Thematic cat. no.: RV 342.
Paper: 10 staves (191x250mm); watermark: three crescent moons
Former classmark: 32.G.27.
Available on microfilm.
Provenance: Founder's bequest. Inscribed: "R. Fitzwilliam 1766".
Probably received unbound. Bound as tract 1 in a miscellany, probably about 1890, and rebound separately in quarte rmorocco, marbled paper sides and vellum tips by the Cockerell Bindery, DC 6540, October 1979.
Contents:
Allegro molto - Largo - Allegro.

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (13f., bound) ; 24x32cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

Ca. 1720 - Ca. 1729

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.166.A
Primary reference Number: 277054
ALMA control 001: 99570933803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 Updated: Tuesday 2 February 2021 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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