Add MS 31870

'Deborah': Oratorio in three parts, for solo voices and 8-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, drums, strings, organ, and harpsichord, in score, by George Frederic Handel. It is said to be transcribed by [John] Christopher Smith, the elder, and is evidently taken from the original score before the revival of the work in 1744, in which year certain alterations (noted in the Händel-Gesellschaft's edition) were made. The present copy closely corresponds with the same edition, but omits the overture and the 1744 additions and the four choruses borrowed from the Coronation Anthems. The names of three of the original singers, — Senesino, [Anna] Strada [del Po] and — Montaimana, are given at ff. 26b, 27. It corresponds very closely with Add MS 34006, which appears to be in the same hand, the only variation of importance being that the other MS. contains the four choruses borrowed from the Coronation Anthems, which are omitted here.