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.
At the moment, this record does not display units or type of
measurements. We will rectify this as soon as possible.
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
Stable URI
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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