Belshazzar : an oratorio : manuscript, [ca. 1744].

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Belshazzar : an oratorio : manuscript, [ca. 1744].

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Manuscript scribal copy of the full score of Handel's oratorio Belshazzar, probably in the hand of John Christopher Smith (the elder). This volume is no. 8 in a series made for (Frederick) Prince of Wales about 1745. The contents generally follow the Novello vocal score, with the exception of n. 4, 5, 7, 8, and the two Chandos Anthems. Numbers 4 and 5 "The Fate of Babylon" and "Lament not thus" were not included by Handel in performance. Contains the final instruction "Ends with the Anthem 'I will magnifie thee o God my Kind &c."

1 score (252 p.) : paper ; 37 cm.

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Belshazzar

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Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773

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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

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Hall, James, 1761-1832

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