The overture in Artaxerxes, in all its parts, for violins, &c.
Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778)
Category
Books
Date
1770
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3258866
Summary
Bibliographic description
parts ; fol. Possibly imperfect (lacking fagotti secondo part at the least). All parts contained within the part for first violin. Inscribed on front of first violin part: "Overture in Artaxerxes by Dr Arne" and in ms at the head of that page, the opening bars of the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah for first violin. No ownership marks. Binding: unbound (fragments of binding in first violin part); stored with 2 other overtures. Provenance: Nineteenth-century small armorial bookplate: Calke Abbey library [associated with Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet (1795-1844)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full diced blue cloth folder, blind panel on boards, gilt lettering on upper board. Paper ms spine label; paper ms label on the inside of upper board. Decorative insides.
Makers and roles
Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778)