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Floridante: MU.388.A

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Floridante
Floridant : an opera as it was perform'd at the Kings Theatre for the Royal Accademy compos'd by Mr. Handel.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Librettist: Rolli, Paolo
Translator: Carey, Henry
Binder: Cockerell Bindery

Categories

Description

Opera in 3 acts.
Full score, omitting the recitatives. With variants 7a, 10b, 11a, 12a,13a, 14a, 16a, 18a, 23a28a, 29b, 30a and 32b.
HWV 14.
On p. [3] : "A table of the songs" and "A catalogue of vocal musick & of the best editions, which may be had where these are sold."
Captions name only characters, not singers.
First performed on 9 December 1721 at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, in London.
Engraved throughout.
Additional centre pagination deriving from plates adapted for use in Apollo's feast, v. 1 (London : Walsh and Hare, 1726).
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.21 & x.2.61(a).

Measurements and weight

1 score ([3], 81 pages) ; 34 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.388.A
Primary reference Number: 278784
ALMA control 001: 991006421326203606
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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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Floridante" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/278784 Accessed: 2024-03-29 02:33:21

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