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.
Department:
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