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Add MS 31697
- Record Id:
- 040-002023854
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002023510
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001443.0x000183
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100161696079.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 31697
- Title:
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Sonatas, for the viola-da-gamba, with a bass, in score, by Carl Friedrich Abel.
- Scope & Content:
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passim. Compositions for Viola da Gamba, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by C. F. Abel.
ff 83. Solos for 'Viola da Gamba,' by C[arl] F[riedrich] Abel. Unless the contrary is stated, they are Sonatas and are accompanied by a bass (for harpsichord), in score. Some, if not all, were written for '[Lady] Eliza[beth Spencer, m., in 1756, Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of] Pembroke.' Her signature is on f. 45. Nos. 1, 3-5, are autograph.
1. Allegretto, Adagio, Allegro; in G. f. 3. 2. Melody in G ['Qui sdegno' from Mozart's 'II Flauto Magico']; without a bass. In a later hand. f. 6b. 3. Minuet in G; without a bass. f. 6b. 4. Another, in D. f. 7. 5. Adagio (in duplicate), Allegro, Minuet; in G; without bass, ff. 8b, 9b. 6-20. 'Fifteen Sonatas,' of from two to four movements, of which the first is almost invariably an Allegro, and the last a Minuet, ff. 10-44. 21-35. 'Fourteen Sonatas' (with a 15th inserted between nos. 13 and 14), of three movements each, except no. 35, which has only two; including among others a Siciliana and a Minuet with Variations, ff. 45-83.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002023510
040-002023854 - Is part of:
- Add MS 31384-31823 : The following collection of MS. Music, Nos. 31,384-31,823, was formed by Mr. Julian Marshall.
Add MS 31697 : Sonatas, for the viola-da-gamba, with a bass, in score, by Carl Friedrich Abel. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002023510[0227]/040-002023854
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 31384-31823
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (83 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100161696079.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1750
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 2nd half 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- small paper oblong folio
- Custodial History:
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Elizabeth Herbert, wife of Henry, 10th Earl of Pembroke: Owned: in 18th cent.
Belonged in 1835 to [Thomas?] Cheeseman, 'Engraver and Violist.'
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)