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Susanna: MU.MS.804

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Susanna
Susanna : an oratorio / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Scribe: Smith, John Christopher (sen)

Categories

Description

Sacred oratorio in 3 acts.
For SSSMzSTBBB soli, SATB chorus, and orchestra.
Roles: Susanna (S), Attendant (S), Daniel (S), Joacim (MezzoS), 1st Elder (T), Chelsias (B), 2nd Elder (B), A judge (B)
Orchestration : ob1, ob2, fag, tr1, tr2, vl1, vl2, vla1, vla2, vlc/bc/org.
Thematic cat. no. HWV 66.
Omits second half of recitative before no. 19 ; Omits no. 35, Recitative B before no. 36 has 66 bars ; Recitative A before no. 38b
Manuscript in the hand of John Christopher Smith, 1683-1763.
Watermark: "LVG" below Fleur de lis in crowned shield; countermark "IV" (C*g2), and, "VL" below "WR" below fleur de lis in crowned shield; countermark: "I VILLEDARY" (Burrows E*b)
Pages 83-84 are an inserted leaf of different paper (watermark: "LVG" below Fleur de lis in crowned shield (Burrows C*c) and in a different hand.
With index in later hand p. [ii-iii], on end papers with dated watermark: "1815"
English words.
Volume 19 (label on spine now missing) of the Barrett Lennard collection.
Barrett Lennard binding style B, group 1 (see D. Burrows).

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score ([iv], 227 p., bound) ; 44 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1902) by Barrett Lennard, Francis

Dating

1750 - 1759

People, subjects and objects depicted

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.804
Primary reference Number: 278997
ALMA control 001: 994745263803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Tuesday 9 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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