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1201. R.M.20.b.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.5
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1738-1740
Extent:
1 item

1202. R.M.20.b.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.6
Title:
G.F. Handel: Lotario (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Salvi) (HWV 26); 1729.Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXVII).
Scope & Content:
The part of Lotario is called ‘Ottone’ until scene 12 of Act II. ff. 41v, 42v and 74v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For another copy see Eg. 2927. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), p. 42. ff. 104. 9.5...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1729
Extent:
1 item

1203. R.M.20.b.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Muzio Scevola, Act III (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli), HWV 13. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The MS. is damaged by damp throughout. f. 22v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 5. Sc. 1. The scene represents a ‘Padiglione’ (omitted in H-G., p. 5). 2. f. 12. Sc. 3. ‘Pupille sdegnose.’ ‘Andante’ (H-G., p. 13) is not in the MS. 3. ff. 24-26. Sc. 5. ‘Non ti f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1721
Extent:
1 volume (69 folios)

1204. R.M.20.b.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.8
Title:
G.F. Handel: Orlando (dramma per musica after a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece) (HWV 31); 1732. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXXII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/28, 1969). See also the Preface to H-G. LXXXII. f. 89v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For copies see R.M.19.f.5., Add. MSS 31564, 31565; for selections see R.M.18.c.6. (ff. 1-4), R.M.18.c.7. (ff. 2-38). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994)...
Scope & Content:
ff. 89. 9.25 x 11.5in. Points of note: 1. f. 5v. Act I, sc. 2. A ‘Sinfonia. Andante’ of eight bars is crossed out after the stage directions (H-G., p. 7). 2. f. 20. Sc. 5. The recitative (H-G., p. 22) is on f. 52. At the end of ‘Ritorna al suo bel viso’: ‘Attacca il Recit. Angelica. Spera il...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1732
Extent:
1 item

1205. R.M.20.b.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.9
Title:
G.F. Handel: Ottone I (dramma per musica after a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino) (HWV 15); 1722. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXVI).
Scope & Content:
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, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1722
Extent:
1 item

1206. R.M.20.b.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.10
Title:
Scope & Content:
G.F. Handel: Ottone II (dramma per musica after a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino) (HWV 15); 1722. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXVI). Detached fragments. The MS. contains sections from the first autograph, some of them rejected before the first performance, and material related to ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1722
Extent:
1 item

1207. R.M.20.b.11

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.11
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Partenope (dramma per musica after a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia), HWV 27. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Versions A in H-G. are in the MS. ff. 4v, 19v, 24v, 74v, 75v, 79v, 84v-85 and 103v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 5. Act I, sc. 1. The passage in dotted brackets (H-G., p. 5) is in the MS. At the end of Partenope’s recitative the following stage-direction is ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1730
Extent:
1 volume (105 folios)

1208. R.M.20.b.12

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.12
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Il Pastor Fido (opera seria by Giacomo Rossi after the ‘tragicommedia pastorale’ by Battista Guarini), HWV 8. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The MS. contains fragments only. Between ff. 5 and 6 and after f. 34 are leaves ruled with staves, but otherwise blank; ff. 1v, 30v, 31v and 33v re ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. ff. 1-3v. Act I, sc. 6 (?5 in the MS.). ‘Ah! che sperai’, recitative; ‘Segue l’aria Di ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1712
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

1209. R.M.20.b.13

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.13
Title:
G.F. Handel: Poro (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Metastasio) (HWV 28); 1730, 1731. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXIX).
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Between ff. 33 and 34 is a leaf ruled with staves, but otherwise blank; ff. 17v, 24v, 32v and 50v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.d.2. (ff. 26-27); for selections see R.M.19.a.5. (ff. 40-50), R.M.19.d.11. (ff. 149-152). See also Donald Burrows...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1730-1731
Extent:
1 item

1210. R.M.20.c.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.1
Title:
G.F. Handel: Radamisto (opera seria after libretti by Matteo Noris and Domenico Lalli) (HWV 12); 1720. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXIII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, 1997.)
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. In Acts I and II the MS. agrees with Version A in H-G. The recitatives in Act II, sc. 1 and 2 (H-G., pp. 40-42) are on ff. 65 and 45. The arrangement of the MS for Act III is as follows: ff. 81-83 (HG., pp. 168-175); ff. 83v-84 (H-G., p. 191-192); ff. 85-115 (H-G., pp. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1720
Extent:
1 item

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