Water music: MU.MS 836.4

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Water music
The Water Musick / composed by Mr. Handel.

Maker(s)

Handel, George Frideric,
Scribe.: Smith, John Christopher (sen)
Former owner.: Barrett Lennard, Henry,

Categories

Manuscript (music)

Description

Suite I for ob1, ob2, cor1, cor2, fag, vl1 conc, vl2 conc, vl1 rip, vl2 rip, vla, vlc, b/bc ; Suite II for ob1, ob2, fag, cor1, cor2, tr1, tr2, vla, vl2, vla, b/bc ; Suite III for "flauto piccolo", fl, vl1, vl2, vla, b/bc.
Caption title.
Thematic cat. nos.: HWV 348, 349 & 350.
Dated ca.1736-41 according to evidence from musical contents and paper characteristics (see D. Burrows).
Manuscript in the hand of John Christopher Smith, 1683-1763.
Original pagination; starts on p. 153 of modern pagination (which does not continue after that).
Watermark : "WR" below Fleur de lis in crowned shield ; countermark: "I VILLEDARY" (Burrows E*a)
Fourth item in Barrett Lennard Collection volume 67 (MU.MS.836).

Suites (Orchestra) Scores

Measurements and weight

1 ms. score (56 p., bound) ; 44 cm.

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Note

Handel, George Frideric,1685-1759.[England],[ca. 1736-41] Smith, John Christopher, 1683-1763, scribe. Barrett Lennard, Henry, 1818 -1899. former owner.

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS 836.4
Primary reference Number: 279146
ALMA control 001: 994236383803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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