George Frideric Handel: Semele (oratorio after a text by William Congreve), HWV 58. Autograph
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ff. 5, 12, 79v and 117 are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘Ouverture’. ‘[Here is the astrological symbol for Thursday]. angefangen den 3. June 1743’. 2. f. 4v. Act I, sc. 1. A version of the opening recitative, for ‘Priest or Cadmus’, which has been cancelled...
G.F. Handel: Susanna (oratorio, author of the text unknown) (HWV 66); 1748. Autograph.
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft I; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/28, 1967). f. 49v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.f.12. (ff. 26-31); for a copy see R.M.18.f.4. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: C...
G.F. Handel: Theodora (oratorio by Thomas Morell after a text by Robert Boyle) (HWV 68); 1749. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft VIII.)
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. ff. 41v, 48v, 56v and 113v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For a copy see R.M.18.f.6. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 158-160. ff. 113. 9.25 x 11.75in. Points of note: ...
George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo (oratorio by Benedetto Pamphili), HWV 46. Autograph
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Fragments of the 1737 version. The Overture (on ff. 69-78) and many notes and corrections in Handel’s autograph. Between ff. 16 and 17 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, not foliated; f.19v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘Qual veggo il...
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VII. Autograph
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ff. 7v, 21v and 28v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Arias with Italian text and instrumental accompaniments. ff. 28. 9.5 x 11.5 in. 1. ff. 1-4v. ‘L’insaziabil fantasia risvegli stravaganti desiri’, recitative, and ‘Troppo audace umano stuolo’, air, for ‘Sigr Andre[oni]’. An addition ...
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VI. Autograph
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Fragments with English words. f. i was removed during recent conservation work; between ff. 17 and 18, 34 and 35 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank, not foliated; between ff. 43 and 44 are 3 blank leaves, not foliated; ff. 4v, 17v, 21v, 34 and 48v are ruled with staves but o...
George Frideric Handel: Anthems IV. As pants the hart (Chapel Royal Anthem HWV 251c). Autograph
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ff. 3v and 24v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘As pants the hart’ ‘Ψ. 42.’ (H-G., p. 239). 2. f. 3. The last three bars of the orchestral Introduction (H-G., p. 241) are crossed out (in pencil) and three bars are pencilled in, the last marked ‘Adagio’ and...
G.F. Handel: Ode for Queen Anne’s Birthday (on a text by Ambrose Philips) (Eternal source of light divine, HWV 74); 1713. Autograph.
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XLVIa; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/6, 1962). For copies see R.M.19.e.1., Add. MS. 35347. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), p. 170. ff. i + 36. 11.5 x 9in. Points of not...
G.F. Handel: Saul (oratorio by Charles Jennens) (HWV 53); 1738. Autograph.
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XIII; Hallische Händel-AusgabeI/13, 1962). The MS. has so many alterations and cut that it is difficult to understand. The following is its arrangement. Between ff. 130 and 131 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, not foliated; ff....
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. V. Autograph.
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ff. 20v, 33v, 56, 57v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-20. Te Deum in A major (HWV 282) (H-G XXXVII, No 3, p. 109). For copies see R.M.19.g.1.vol.1 (ff. 123-156), Add. MS. 29998. The opening chorus is arranged as follows: ‘Chorus’ (S.); ‘Mr Hughs’ (A.); ‘Chorus’ (A.); ‘Chorus...
