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Acis and Galatea : a serenata composed for the Duke of Chandois [sic] in the year 1720
- Title
- Acis and Galatea : a serenata composed for the Duke of Chandois [sic] in the year 1720 / by G. Fr. Händl ; neu bearbeitet und instrumentiert von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Author
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
- Publication
- 1834.
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- Description
- 1 ms. score (163 leaves), bound; 23 x 30 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Acis and Galatea. German
- Alternative Title
- Acis and Galatea.
- Subjects
- Note
- Copyist's manuscript of the full score to Mozart's version of Handel's oratorio.
- Libretto by John Gay.
- "Anmerkunng des Herrn Leop. Edlen von Sonnleithner" [notes concerning Mozart's orchestration], dated June 24, 1834 -- leaf 1 recto.
- "Anmerkungen des Herrn Hofrath [Ignaz Franz] von Mosel" [notes concerning Mozart's orchestration] -- leaves 1-2 recto.
- Text written in ink; emendations to text written in pencil.
- Indexed In (note)
- Auction zu Dresden der von Generalmusikdirector Dr. Julius Rietz Hofrath Dr. A. von Zahn in Dresden hinterlassenen Bibliotheken und Musikalien-Sammlung... (1878)
- P. Ward Jones, Catalogue of the Mendelssohn Papers in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3
- Biography (note)
- In the letter of August 9, 1835, Mendelssohn asked his friend Aloys Fuchs to obtain a copy of Mozart's arrangement of Handel's Acis and Galatea. In the letter of August 28, 1835 Mendelssohn thanks Fuchs for obtaining the copy. (See R. Larry Todd, Mendelssohn and His World, p. 296-97.) Mendelssohn performed the last scenes of Acis and Galatea in Mozart's version (undoubtedly from this score) on Feburary 4, 1836.
- Language (note)
- German words; originally in English.
- Provenance (note)
- Signature of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy [partially mutilated] on inside front cover.
- Formerly owned by Julius Rietz.
- Call Number
- Drexel 4903
- OCLC
- 785407598
- Author
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
- Title
- Acis and Galatea : a serenata composed for the Duke of Chandois [sic] in the year 1720 / by G. Fr. Händl ; neu bearbeitet und instrumentiert von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- Imprint
- 1834.
- Format
- Partitura.
- Language
- German words; originally in English.
- Provenance
- Signature of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy [partially mutilated] on inside front cover.Formerly owned by Julius Rietz.
- Indexed In:
- Auction zu Dresden der von Generalmusikdirector Dr. Julius Rietz Hofrath Dr. A. von Zahn in Dresden hinterlassenen Bibliotheken und Musikalien-Sammlung... (1878), p. 81, lot 305.P. Ward Jones, Catalogue of the Mendelssohn Papers in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 3, p. 285.
- Biography
- In the letter of August 9, 1835, Mendelssohn asked his friend Aloys Fuchs to obtain a copy of Mozart's arrangement of Handel's Acis and Galatea. In the letter of August 28, 1835 Mendelssohn thanks Fuchs for obtaining the copy. (See R. Larry Todd, Mendelssohn and His World, p. 296-97.) Mendelssohn performed the last scenes of Acis and Galatea in Mozart's version (undoubtedly from this score) on Feburary 4, 1836.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Gay, John, 1685-1732. LibrettistMozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. ArrangerSonnleithner, Leopold von, 1797-1873.Mosel, Ignaz Franz von, 1772-1844.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Former ownerRietz, Julius, 1812-1877. Former ownerDrexel Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Drexel 4903