ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Instrumental music. II.; 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXX). Twelve Grand Concertos, Op. VI [HWV 319-330]. Full score. For autograph see R.M.20.g.11. 2 vols. (ff. 88, 89). 14.5 x 10.25 in. George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-1...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Instrumental music. IV.; circa 1750. Copy. ff. 66. 14.5 x 10.25 in. 1. ff. 1-28. Sonate a tre, Op. 2, Nos 1-7. (H-G. XXVIII). In score. [HWV 386-391]. Autograph lost. 2. ff. 28v-57. Sonate a tre, Op. 5, Nos 1-6. (H-G. XVIII). In score. [HWV 396-402]. Autog...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Instrumental music. I.; 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXI). Six Concerti Grossi, Op. III [HWV 312-317]. Full score. Autographs lost but see R.M.20.g.13 for individual movements of nos 2 and 6. ff. 55. 14.5 x 10.25 in. George Frideric Handel, comp...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Esther; [HWV 50] 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XLI). Full score. The 1732 version, but omitting the Viola part in the Overture. For autograph see R.M.20.e.7; for other copies see R.M.18.d.1, R.M.18.d.2 and R.M.19.b.2. ff. 109. 15.5 x 11.5 in. Jea...
George Frideric Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (HWV 72). Autograph
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The MS. ends at the end of H-G., p. 48, line 5, bar 1. The last four leaves of the work will be found in Eg. 2953, ff. 98-101, which contain a long recitative for Polifemo (not in H-G.), the Finale ‘Chi ben ama’, and the date: ‘Napoli li 16 di Giugnio [sic]. 1708. d’Alvito.’. Points of note: ...
George Frideric Handel: Acis and Galatea, (masque by John Gay, with texts by Alexander Pope and John Hughes), HWV 49. Autograph
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Points of note: 1. f. 5. ‘Oh the pleasures.’ The Alto, Tenor 1 and Tenor 2 parts are written in the Tenor clef. Name of singers: ‘Mr Blackley’, ‘Mr Row’, ‘Hardres’[?; Burrows and Ronish suggest ‘?Rogers’], over which are written: ‘Ten 1’, ‘Ten 2’ and ‘Ten 3’. 2. f. 10. ‘Ye verdant plains’. ‘Sr...
George Frideric Handel: Ariodante (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 33. Autograph
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The recitative ‘Ah che questo’ and air ‘Il primo ardor’ (Act I, sc. 11; H-G., pp. 48-50) and the King’s air ‘Più contento’ (Act II, sc. 6, H-G., p. 82) are not present in this MS. ff. 7v, 24, 62v, 72v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. Overture. At the foot of...
G.F. Handel: Ezio (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Metastasio) (HWV 29); [1731-1732]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXX).
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Bound at the end is a note by Nicolai (f. i); ff 9v, 22v and 38v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For copies see R.M.19.a.5. (ff. 51-61) and R.M.19.a.7. (ff. 5-8). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 2...
G.F. Handel: Imeneo (dramma per musica after a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia) (HWV 41); 1738-1740. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XCIII).
Scope & Content:
The MS. is incomplete, and the arrangement difficult to understand (cf. Charles Burney, A General History of Music from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period, London 1789, vol. IV, p. 433, and the Preface to H-G.). The MS. contains practically all that is printed in H-G., excepting the Overtur...
G.F. Handel: Ottone I (dramma per musica after a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino) (HWV 15); 1722. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXVI).
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Some missing parts of this MS. and of R.M.20.b.10. are in Fitzwilliams MSS Nos 256, 265. Between ff. 14 and 15 is a leaf ruled with staves, but otherwise blank, not foliated; ff. 21v, 48v, 52v 77v and 78v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.b.10.; for copies see Eg. 2918, ...
