L'Allegro il penseroso il moderato
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L'Allegro il penseroso il moderato
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1 score ([2], 63, [1] pages) ; 36 cm
Description
The text was arranged from Milton's two poems by Charles Jennens, the author of the third part, Il moderato.
"NB. The songs number'd have instrumental parts for concerts - Printed in Mr. Handel's 400 selected oratorio songs." --title page.
Booksellers' label of Broude Bros., New York --title page.
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L'Allegro il penseroso il moderato / the words taken from Milton ; set to musick by Mr. Handel. London : Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand. Where may be had. Twelve grand concertos for violins &c. in seven parts compos'd by Mr. Handel
Bibliographic Citation
Smith, William Charles. Handel : A descriptive catalogue of the Early Editions. oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1790, page 94, number 10.
Stiverson, Cynthia Zignego. Colonial Williamsburg music ... West Cornwall, CT : Locust Hill Press, 1988, number 154.
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Citation
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer, Milton, John, 1608-1674, and Jennens, Charles, 1700-1773, “L'Allegro il penseroso il moderato,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 20, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/602.
