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Handel's oratorio Jephtha, with accompaniments added by Arthur Sullivan : copyist's manuscript, 1869 Feb. 5.

Record ID
115781
Accession number
GSC 111736
Creator
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Biographical Data
English (naturalized) composer of German birth.
Object title

Handel's oratorio Jephtha, with accompaniments added by Arthur Sullivan : copyist's manuscript, 1869 Feb. 5.

Uniform title
Jephtha. Selections; arr.
Date
1869 Feb. 5.
Credit line
Gift of Reginald Allen.
Provenance
William Sumner; Reginald Allen.
Inscriptions/Markings
"Jephtha, an oratorio composed in 1751 by Handel with additional accompaniments written 1870 by Sullivan."
Notes
Copyist's manuscript of the full score, ending with the chorus "When his loud voice in thunder spoke."
Libretto by T. Morell.
Associated names
Morell, Thomas, 1703-1784, librettist.
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900, arranger.
Allen, Reginald, former owner.
Sumner, William, former owner.