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Arminio: MU.385.B

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Arminio
Arminius : an opera as it is perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden / compos'd by Mr. Handel.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Librettist: Salvi, Antonio

Categories

Description

Overture, sinfonia, arias and duets, but without the recitatives.
Engraved title page.
Libretto by Antonio Salvi.
First edition.
Singers named: Strada, Hannibali, Negri, Beard, Reinhold, Conti and Bertoli.
"A list of subscribers" -- preliminary page [3].
"A table of songs ..." -- preliminary page [5]
Founder's bequest, 1816. Inscribed on title page: "R. Fitzwilliam, 1767".
Received stab stitched in paper covers. Bound in quarter Morocco leather Cockerell paper sides and vellum tips by the Cockerell Bindery in March, 1981.
Former shelf numbers: 31.F.18 & x.2.58(b).

Measurements and weight

1 score ([6], 91 pages) ; 34 cm (fol.)

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1737 : London : Printed for and sold by I. Walsh, musick printer and instrument maker to his Majesty, at the Harp and Hoboy in Catherine Street in the Strand. No. 605, [1737]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.385.B
Primary reference Number: 278782
ALMA control 001: 991006418527403606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Tuesday 16 February 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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