The song for St. Cecelia's Day ; Serenata on Queen Ann's Birth Day : manuscript, [1739] / by Mr. Dryden ; set to music by Mr. Handell.

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The song for St. Cecelia's Day ; Serenata on Queen Ann's Birth Day : manuscript, [1739] / by Mr. Dryden ; set to music by Mr. Handell.

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Manuscript volume containing the full score of two odes by Handel, written in unknown hand. Includes "Song for St. Cecilia's Day," with the overture and n. 5-11 wanting (Novello edition). Several mistakes in the notation, corrected on p. 7 in contemporary pencil as "wrote not right." Watermarks on paper, Larsen B and C i.e. ca. 1742-1750. Together with "Serenata on Queen Ann's Birth Day." The score follows that later printed in H-G 46a version B of "Let flocks & herds." Also together with two songs "As Cloe came by," and "Mirth admit me" (Allegro) Soprano version.

1 v. of music (193 p.) : paper ; 29 x 23 cm.

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