Op. 44, The woman of Samaria, a sacred cantata for SATB soli, SATB choir and orchestra, 1867-[1878?]

File

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Libretto:

Op. 44/A.24, Notebook containing cut-and-pasted printed libretto with annotations.

Autographs:

Op. 44/A.2, Autograph vocal score of No. 3, untitled, not signed or dated.
Op. 44/A.3, Autograph vocal score of No. 4 up to bar 35 (on half a leaf), not signed or dated.
Op. 44/A.4, Autograph vocal score of No. 4 up to bar 35, not signed or dated.
Op. 44/A.5, Autograph vocal score of No. 5, untitled, not signed or dated.
Op. 44/A.6, Autograph vocal score of No. 6, titled 'Recit' at top and 'Aria' at head of air (the latter incomplete), not signed or dated.
Op. 44/A.7, Autograph chorus parts of No. 7 on 4 staves and accompaniment on 2 staves, dated 10 and 14 Feb 1868.
Op. 44/A.8, Autograph vocal score of No. 8, untitled, not signed or dated.
Op. 44/A.10, Autograph vocal score of No. 12, incomplete, titled 'Quartet', not signed or dated.
Op. 44/A.11, Autograph vocal score of No. 13, untitled, not signed or dated.
Op. 44/A.12, Autograph vocal score of No. 16, untitled, not signed or dated.
Op. 44/A.14, Autograph vocal score of No. 21, dated 19 Aug 1867.
Op. 44/A.15, Fragment of No. 1 arranged for piano duet (from the entry of the chorus at bar 56 onwards), untitled, not signed or dated.

Sketches:

Op. 44/A.16, Sketches for chorale in No. 1 including two different melodies ('Dir, dir Jehova' and 'Nun freut euch lieven Christen g'mein').
Op. 44/A.17, Sketches for central section of No. 3: one in ink on 2 staves, one in pencil on 3 staves, and one in pencil and ink on 3, 4 and 2 staves.
Op. 44/A.19, Sketch for central section of No. 3 on 2 and 3 staves (59 bars in ink), including 2 cancelled bars.
Op. 44/A.20, Sketches for No. 7 on manuscript paper with 10 staves to a page and decorative border bearing the imprint 'J. & F. Harwood London'.
Op. 44/A.21, Sketch for No. 20 titled 'Air Tenor', partly in ink, partly in pencil.
Op. 44/A.23, Sketch for an additional scene for soprano (38 bars in ink), with a note at head of music 'after bar 10 of page 73 - (old edition)'.

Copies:

Op. 44/C.1, Full score of No. 5 in a professional hand with some autograph revisions and a label of Lamborn Cock, not dated.
Op. 44/C.2, Full score of No. 5 in copy by J.R. Lunn, not dated.
Op. 44/C.3, Incomplete set of instrumental parts for No. 5 in various hands, not dated.
Op. 44/C.4, Professional copy of an arrangement with cello obligato and piano accompaniment of No. 20, not dated.

Proof copy:

Op. 44/P.1 Corrected proof of pp. 1-20 (Nos. 1-3) of the the first Lamborn Cock & Co. edition of octavo vocal score, [1868].

Annotated edition:

Op. 44/E.6.d, Separate publication of No. 12 'God is a spirit' in reprint by Novello, Ewer & Co. in [1878?] of Lamborn & Cock edition of [1873]. At top of t.p. 'With Mr Berthold Tours corrections'.

Williamson references as noted in the scope and content list.

Dates

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