Messiah : copyist's manuscript, 1743-1746.

Record ID: 
115317
Accession number: 
Cary 40
Creator: 
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Biographical Data: 
English (naturalized) composer of German birth.
Title: 
Messiah : copyist's manuscript, 1743-1746.
Uniform title: 
Messiah
Date: 
1743-1746.
Inscription/Markings: 

"Messiah an Oratorio."

Notes: 

Ms., probably from ca. 1743-46, in the hand of two copyists designated S1 and S5 by Jens Peter Larsen in Handel's Messiah: Origins, Composition, Sources (London: Adam & Charles Black, 1957); later additions are in the hand of William Hayes.
Full score.
Libretto assembled by Jennens.

Provenance: 

William Hayes; Robert Smith; Otto Goldschmidt.

Associated names: 

Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773, librettist.
Hayes, William, 1708-1777, former owner.
Smith, Robert, former owner.
Goldschmidt, Otto, 1829-1907, former owner.
Cary, Mary Flagler, former owner.