Blessed is the man whose strength. Attrib. to G. F. Handel [really Maurice Greene]. Full score
MS. Tenbury 1485
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Blessed is the man whose strength. Attrib. to G. F. Handel [really Maurice Greene]. Full score
Shelfmark
MS. Tenbury 1485
Summary
Handel is named on the spine of the volume but the work is really by Maurice Greene. It was composed to celebrate George II's return to St James's Palace and performed before the royal family on Sunday, 2 November 1735. In the hand of William Boyce with autograph additions. This manuscript was accidentally omitted from Fellowes' 1935 catalogue.
Date
mid-18th cent.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Music manuscripts from the Library of St Michael's College, Tenbury Wells
Blessed is the man whose strength. Attrib. to G. F. Handel [really Maurice Greene]. Full score
