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Nicolò Jommelli: 'La passione di Gesù Cristo', for SATB soli, SATB chorus and orchestra

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MS. Mus. d. 292

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'La passione di Gesù Cristo', oratorio for SATB soli, SATB chorus and orchestra by Nicolò Jommelli [Hochstein Anh. 40]. Incomplete full score, without the overture, and abandoned after p. 50, part way through the aria 'Torbido mar'. English copy, not copied from the published score (London: R. Bremner, [1770]), though closely corresponding to it.

Dates

  • Creation: c 1760-1780

Extent

62 pages

Language of Materials

  • French
  • English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MS. Mus. d. 292

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 16040

Abstract

Incomplete full score of Nicolò Jommelli's 'La passione di Gesù Cristo' [Hochstein Anh. 40] for SATB soli, SATB chorus and orchestra, c 1760-1780.

Biographical / Historical

Nicolò Jommelli (1714-74) was a composer. See Grove Music Online for further details.

Custodial History

Inscribed 'Mary Davies, Novr. 16 1803' on p. v. Former shelfmark (Faculty of Music Library): M.S.L. 12.c.38.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Faculty of Music Library, 1995.

Physical Facet

10 staves to a page. Watermark: Strasbourg bend and lily / GR / J WHATMAN. Binding: half calf with marbled paper covered boards.

Dimensions

Oblong quarto (240 × 295 mm)

Title
'La passione di Gesù Cristo' by Nicolò Jommelli
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2019
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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