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Hasse, Johann Adolf.] EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SCORES AND PARTS FOR THREE SACRED VOCAL WORKS WITH GERMAN TEXTS, IN THE HAND OF J.A. HILLER comprising: 1) 'Die Sonne stand verfinstert', for two sopranos, tenor and bass, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons and strings; 2) 'Seh ich zurück auf alle meine Sünden' for solo tenor and strings; and 3) 'Beuge dich zu Gottes Füßen' for solo tenor, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (not notated in the score), 2 bassoons and strings; notated in brown ink, the score of 1) written on one 12-stave system per page, the scores of 2) and 3) written on a single bifolium on systems of varying length; together with four extra parts for violin I, violin II, basso and organ (the organ part for 1) only), apparently in another hand and with annotations by Hiller (?), 43 pages in all, plus blanks, oblong 4to (24 x 32.5cm) and upright 4to (32 x 24cm), 12-, 14-, 15- and 16-stave papers, the score and parts loose in a wrapper consisting of leaves two and three of a printed document in praise of Johanna Elisabeth von Anhalt-Zerbst, the wrapper containing a number of contemporary inscriptions, including the number '240' in red crayon (replacing the original ink number '237') and the title 'ad Commun: Die Sonne stand verfinstert Seh ich zurück auf alle meine Sünden', apparently in Hiller's hand, no place or date [Leipzig, 1770s-1790s?], light browning, small mark on first page of score left by once present strip of translucent adhesive tape, the wrapper torn and browned