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Airs, overtures and other pieces for the harpsichord

Title
Airs, overtures and other pieces for the harpsichord / Handel.
Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Publication
[between 1720 and 1721]

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Notated musicSupervised use Drexel 5856Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Additional Authors
  • Smith, John Christopher, 1683-1763.
  • Smith, John Stafford, 1750-1836
  • Wesley, Charles, 1757-1834
  • Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876
  • New York Public Library. Music Division. Manuscript. Drexel 5856.
  • Drexel collection.
Description
1 score (124 pages); 26 x 37 cm
Uniform Title
Works. Selections; arranged
Alternative Title
Works.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Scores.
  • Arrangements (Music)
  • Suites.
Note
  • Manuscript in ink; in the hand of John Christopher Smith.
  • Free flyleaf has autograph notes by Charles Wesley (dated 1813, attesting that he received the volume from John Stafford Smith) and Edward F. Rimbault.
Indexed In (note)
  • Best, T. "Handel's harpsichord music: a checklist," Music in Eighteenth-Century England: Essays in Memory of Charles Cudworth (1983)
  • Baselt, B. Händel-Handbuch, Band 3: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis: Instrumentalmusik, Pasticci und Fragmente
  • Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Edward Francis Rimbault (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1877)
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available on microfilm
Provenance (note)
  • Formerly owned by John Stafford Smith, Charles Wesley, and Edward F. Rimbault.
Call Number
Drexel 5856
OCLC
931754748
Author
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.
Title
Airs, overtures and other pieces for the harpsichord / Handel.
Production
[between 1720 and 1721]
Type of Content
notated music
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
Best, T. "Handel's harpsichord music: a checklist," Music in Eighteenth-Century England: Essays in Memory of Charles Cudworth (1983), page 174.
Baselt, B. Händel-Handbuch, Band 3: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis: Instrumentalmusik, Pasticci und Fragmente, page 11.
Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Edward Francis Rimbault (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1877), page 89, item 1366.
Additional Formats
Also available on microfilm: *ZB-2332 (master negative: *ZZ-2329).
Provenance
Formerly owned by John Stafford Smith, Charles Wesley, and Edward F. Rimbault.
Language
Staff notation.
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Added Author
Smith, John Christopher, 1683-1763.
Smith, John Stafford, 1750-1836, former owner.
Wesley, Charles, 1757-1834, former owner.
Rimbault, Edward F. (Edward Francis), 1816-1876, former owner.
New York Public Library. Music Division. Manuscript. Drexel 5856.
Drexel collection.
Research Call Number
Drexel 5856
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