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Coronation anthems. King doth rejoice. Alleluia: MU.MS.1385

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Coronation anthems. King doth rejoice. Alleluia
Alleluja / Handel.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Scribe: Barrow, Thomas

Categories

Description

For SAATB chorus and orchestra.
Orchestration (no instruments named): tr1, tr2, tr3, timp, ob1, ob2, vl1, vl2, vla, vlc, bc.
The last movement of the Coronation anthem 'The King shall rejoice'.
Title from first line.
Thematic catalogue no. HWV 260.
Manuscript in the hand of Thomas Barrow (compare with MU.MS.281 and MU.MS.671)
Paper: 18 staves (327x770-across two pages); watermark: "LVG" below Fleur de lis in crowned shield ; countermark "JW" (Larsen, Handel's Messiah, London 1957, F*2)
Provenance: Founder's bequest, signed "R. Fitzwilliam 1767"
Received unbound. Bound in half blue cloth, with grey paper sides in acout 1890.

1.1.1 A2 Alleluja, alleluja D C-3 xFC c 2-4.D'8D/4E8EE{FE}{C,B}/4A8-'D{ED}{C,B}/4A'DDC/

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (6 leaves) ; 44 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816)

Dating

Production date: ca. AD 1760 : .[England],[ca. 1760]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.1385
Primary reference Number: 278745
ALMA control 001: 995307973803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Wednesday 27 January 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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