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O praise the Lord : Anthem / by G.F. Handel: MU.MS.255

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

O praise the Lord : Anthem / by G.F. Handel
Chandos anthems. O praise the Lord with one consent
O praise the Lord with one consent

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Categories

Description

1 ms. score (72 p., bound) ; 24 x 29 cm.

For STTB soli, SATB chorus, and orchestra (vl1, vl2, ob, b/bc)
Thematic cat. no.: HWV 254.
First line: O praise the Lord with one consent.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Title in the hand of Lord Fitzwilliam.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C20)
Former classmark: 30.H.5
Conserved, remounted, and rebound in quarter leather with marbled paper sides in 1978-1979 by the Cockerell Bindery; the 1890's bindings have been retained.
1.1.1 vl1 O praise the Lord with one consent D G-2 bBE c 4-8-'B4B''C/'B''EED/E8-'B{''EGB'B}/
1.1.2 S O praise the Lord with one consent Eb C-1 bBE c =35/2-4-'B/G''C'B''E/ED2E/

Notes

History note: Bookplate: 'Fitzwilliam'. Ownership inscription and date: "Fitzwilliam 1778".

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1718 : [England], [ca. 1718]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.255
Primary reference Number: 305675
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 11 August 2021 Updated: Friday 22 April 2022 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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