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Fitzwilliam Handeliana, Vol. 1

Compositions for Harpsichord and Organ

Gerald Gifford


This is the first volume in a series of publications of Handelian music inspired by manuscript holdings in The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and is devoted to a collection of works for harpsichord and organ by the Founder himself, Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion (1745–1816). Lord Fitzwilliam championed the performance of Handel’s music in late 18th-century England, yet his own compositions – themselves often indebted to and inspired by Handel – have never before appeared in print. Surveying a broad cross-section of Fitzwilliam’s works, this edition, prepared by Gerald Gifford, Honorary Keeper of Music at the Museum, is of considerable musicological interest and marks an important addition to the keyboard repertoire of the period.


...this selection offers plenty of excitingly fresh material
for organists to include in concerts and as post-service voluntaries.
The editing is exemplary and the printing clear.

Journal of the British Institute of Organ Studies Volume 33, 2009
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hh236.sol · ISMN 979 0 708059 85 1  · ISBN 978-1-905779-37-6
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