Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 13 December 1733, to John Ludford in Arbury (near Coventry), 1733 Dec. 13.

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Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 13 December 1733, to John Ludford in Arbury (near Coventry), 1733 Dec. 13.

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Saying that if he kept two servants the person Ludford recommends would probably be very useful, but as he keeps only one servant "some parts of my business wou'd by no means suit" the second servant, "particularly the care of my Horses." The postscript reads: "How two Opera Houses will subsist after Christmas, I can't tell; but at present we are at some difficulty for the support of one; & Mr. Handel has been forc'd to drop his Opera three nights for want of company."

1 item (1 p., with integral address leaf) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773

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Epithet: author and librettist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x0001bc English author and librettist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 13 December 1733, to John Ludford in Arbury (near Coventry), 1733 Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578627 ...

Ludford, John,

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Mary Flagler Cary Music Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library)

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Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

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Most material is from the oratorio; see Callno. 7087. This arrangement 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphonic suite no. V : the triumph of Truth : based on / Handel ; free arrangement by Zoltan Fekete. c1943. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 50064356 From the opera in three acts, librettist unknown. Composed 1707 or 1708.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dance of the sailors : from Rodrigo / G.F. H...