Alexander Balus : an oratorio : manuscript, [ca. 1748].

Composer
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 [Browse]
Format
Musical score, Manuscript
Language
English
Description
1 score (246 p.) : paper ; 37 cm.

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        Subject(s)
        Librettist
        Former owner
        Library of Congress genre(s)
        Rare books genre
        Getty AAT genre
        Contained in
        James S. Hall Collection of George Frideric Handel, 1714-1968 1946-1968
        Compiled/​Created
        [ca. 1748].
        Linking notes
        Forms part of the James S. Hall collection of George Frideric Handel (C0640).
        Summary note
        Manuscript scribal copy of the full score of Handel's oratorio Alexander Balus, probably in the hand of John Christopher Smith (the elder). This volume is no. 13 in a series made for (Frederick) Prince of Wales about 1745. The contents generally follow the Prout-Novello score, except that n. 38 and 39, "Triumph Hymn" and "Glad Time at Length" are omitted and the order of "Heroes may Vaunt" and "Mighty Love" have been retained in their correct original position in the score.
        Notes
        • Libretto by Thomas Morell.
        • Watermarks: fleur-de-lis with shield and L.V.G. below the countermark IC.
        Binding note
        Red morocco binding; gilt.
        Language note
        English words.
        Provenance
        Manuscript probably written by J. C. Smith for (Frederick) Prince on Wales about 1745; later given by him, presumably before his death in 1751, to a Mr. Denoyer; purchased by Mr. Pocklington; sale, [Benjamin] Goodison, a London music publisher, bought the manuscript at auction and sold it to a W. M. Moseley; the last address indicated was that of Mrs. Humphrey Lloyd of Buildwas Park, near Shrewsbury; later sold by Messrs. Hodgson & Co., on Friday July 14, 1961 to James S. Hall; bookplates of M M Moseley and Jacobi S. Hall.
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        • Also available in an electronic version.
        • Available on microfilm.
        Other title(s)
        Handel's Alexander Balus
        In
        James S. Hall collection of George Frideric Handel, 1714-1760
        OCLC
        1365101274
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