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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.
Object 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.
Provenance
Alfred Cortot; Robert Owen Lehman.
Inscriptions/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.
Associated names
Cortot, Alfred, 1877-1962, former owner.
Lehman, Robin, former owner.