Manuscripts
Jeptha. Oratorio, 3 pts. Thomas Morell
- Description
No application. Prod. C.G., Feb. 26, 1752.
MS: title-page endorsed, by J.P.C.(?): Handells piece. It is said that Handel became blind during the composition of this Oratorio but see his autograph Feb. 15th. 1752 at the end; signed, George Frideric Handel London Covent Garden February 10th 1752. Comp. [1751?] (K-D 379): virtually the same.
- Production date
- 1737-1824.
- Call number
- LA 95
- Provenance
- Purchased with the Ellesmere collection from John Francis Granville Scroop Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917. The collection was purchased by John Payne Collier. In 1853, he sold it to Francis Egerton, Viscount Brackley and 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857).
