Orlando : opera in 3 acts : manuscript, [ca. 1935] / by Handel.

Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 [Browse]
Uniform title
Format
Musical score, Manuscript
Language
Italian
Description
1 vocal score (182 p.) : paper ; 36 x 26 cm.

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        Subject(s)
        Former owner
        Related name
        Printer
        Library of Congress genre(s)
        Rare books genre
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        Contained in
        James S. Hall Collection of George Frideric Handel, 1714-1968 1946-1968
        Compiled/​Created
        [ca. 1935] /
        Linking notes
        Forms part of the James S. Hall collection of George Frideric Handel (C0640).
        Summary note
        Music manuscript of the keyboard vocal score for "Orlando," written in unknown hand. Probably derived from H-G. v. 82, but has the keyboard part realised throughout. Original may have been for a Cambridge performance c. 1935. The score was again used for the Abingdon Handel Festival on May 6-8, 1959. Broadside for the 1959 Abingdon Handel Festival, laid in.
        Notes
        • Supplied title.
        • "Cembalo score"--Cover.
        • "Deal and Walmer, Handelian Society, 16 Nov. 1954"--Stamp on cover.
        • "Abingdon Handel Festival, 1959. Orlando, a magick opera on 6, 7, 8, 9, May at 8 p.m. at the Unicorn Theatre (members only) with the support of the Arts Council of Great Britain. Saul, a dramatick oratorio on 14 May at 6.30 & 8.30 p.m. at the Corn Exchange (Abingdon Schools' Music Festival). Details & tickets from Murray's, Bath Street. The Abbey Press, Abingdon"--Broadside, laid in.
        Binding note
        Boards
        Language note
        Italian words with English translation.
        Provenance
        Bookplate of Jacobi S. Hall.
        Publications about
        Knapp, M. "The Hall Handel Collection." Princeton University Library chronicle, v. 36, no. 1 (autumn 1974), p. 3-18.
        Place name(s)
        England Abingdon.
        In
        James S. Hall collection of George Frideric Handel, 1714-1760
        OCLC
        49657425
        Other standard number
        • Hall-Handel, No. 1
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