Nicolò Jommelli: 'La passione di Gesù Cristo', for SATB soli, SATB chorus and orchestra
'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
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark, e.g. MS. Mus. d. 292, fols. 1-2].
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)
Subject
- 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
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