Orchestral version of The seven last words of Christ : copyist's manuscript, 1791.

Record ID: 
115075
Accession number: 
Cary 508
Creator: 
Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809.
Biographical Data: 
Austrian composer.
Title: 
Orchestral version of The seven last words of Christ : copyist's manuscript, 1791.
Uniform title: 
Musica instrumentale sopra le sette ultime parole del nostro Redentore in croce, orchestra
Date: 
1791.
Inscription/Markings: 

"The passion, or Seven Last Words of Our Saviour, in Score, For a Full Orchestra by Joseph Haydn. (This is the Score made under the direction of the composer, and corrected by him)."

Notes: 

Copyist's manuscript of the full score of the orchestral version, with corrections and additions in Haydn's hand.
According to H.C. Robbins Landon in Haydn, Chronicle and works II: 615, "This score was made in connection with the performance Haydn conducted at the Hanover Square Rooms [London] on 30 May 1791 and repeated on 13 June."
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis.

Provenance: 

Alfred Cortot; Robert Owen Lehman.

Associated names: 

Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, former owner.
Lehman, Robin, former owner.