ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VI; circa 1735. Copy. Full scores, unless otherwise stated. Aylesford Collection. ff. ii + 73. 9 x 11.25 in. 1. ff. 1-4v. Overture to Orlando (H-G. LXXXII), for Harpsichord. 2. ff. 5-8v. Allegro from Concerto,...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VII; circa 1733. Copy. Full scores. Aylesford Collection. ff. i + 104. 9 x 11.25 in. 1. ff. 2-38v. Selections from Orlando (H-G. LXXXII). (a) ff. 2-3. ‘Gieroglifici eterni’, recit. (b) ff. 3v-6. ‘Quanto dilet...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VIII; circa 1738. Copy. Full scores. Aylesford Collection. ff. i + 172. 9 x 11.25 in. 1. ff. 2-124v. ‘Oratorio del Tempo e della Verità’. The version performed in 1737. See H-G. XXIV, and also ‘The Triumph of T...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XI; circa 1742. Copy. Selections from Operas, Oratorios, etc., in full score. Aylesford Collection. ff. i + 225. 9 x 11.25 in. 1. ff. 2-71v. ‘Songs in Trionfo del Tempo e della Verita ’ (H-G. XXIV). For autogra...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Esther; 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XL, XLI). Full score, differing from both the 1720 and 1732 versions. Smith Collection, Vol. 1. ff. 133. 14.5 x 10.25 in. Jean Racine, French poet: Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Alexander Pope, poet: ...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel [HWV 50]: Esther; 18th century, 1767. 2 copies. (Händel-Gesellschaft XL, XLI). Full score. Smith Collection. For autograph see R.M.20.e.7; for other copies see R.M.19.g.8 and R.M.19.b.2. 2 vols.
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George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Esther; 1767. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XL, XLI). Full score, differing considerably from both the 1720 and 1732 versions. Written by R.S.; Smith Collection. Binding lettered: ‘Vol. 1’, but not belonging to the series of twenty-four volumes. ff. 138. 14.5 x...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Deborah; [HWV 51] 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXIX). Full score. Smith Collection Vol. 2. For autograph see R.M.20.h.2. ff. 114. 15.5 x 11 in. Samuel Humphreys, author and librettist: Handel's 'Deborah' (HWV51) to a libretto by Samuel Humphreys...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Athalia [HWV 52]; 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft V). Full score. Smith Collection, Vol. 3. For autograph see R.M.20.h.1. ff. 128. 15.5 x 11.25 in. Jean Racine, French poet: Samuel Humphreys, author and librettist: Handel's 'Athalia' (HWV52) to a l...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day [HWV 79] and The Choice of Hercules [HWV69]; 1767. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXIII, XVIII). Full scores. The Overture of the Ode is omitted. Written by R.S.; Smith Collection Vol.5. For autograph of the Ode see R.M.20.e.6, for autog...