Messias / Georg Friedrich Händel. 1837.

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Messias / Georg Friedrich Händel. 1837.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/421365570

Autograph manuscript of seven recitatives from Handel's Messiah, written out by Mendelssohn for a performance on 16 November 1837 in Leipzig.

1 manuscript score ([4] p. on 2 leaves, bound) ; 34 cm.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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