ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Duets; circa 1745. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXXII). Twelve Duets. [Autographs at Cambridge, Fitwilliam Museum, unless otherwise stated] For another copy see R.M.18.b.11. ff. 82. 13.75 x 10.75 in. 1. ff. 2-5v. ‘Sono liete’. [HWV 194]. 2. ff. 6-13v. ‘Tropp...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Solomon [HWV 67]; 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXVI). Act I only. Full score. For autograph see R.M.20.h.4; for another copy see R.M.18.f.5. ff. i + 74. 15.5 x 11.5 in. George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Amadigi [HWV 11]; circa 1760. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXII). ‘Be kind bewitching creature’. Sing for voice and Continuo, adapted from ‘Ch’io lasci mai d’amare’ (from Act II, sc. 8, H-G., p. 69), transposed. ). [Main autograph lost] For other copies see R.M...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. William Barclay Squire: manuscript of Catalogue of the King’s Music Library. Part I. The Handel Manuscripts; [1920-1927]. 330 x 195mm. William Barclay Squire, CVO; Deputy Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum: MS of Catalogue of the Royal Music Library, vol. I: 1920-1...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. I; circa 1729. Copy. Aylesford Collection. Harpsichord arrangements, unless otherwise described. ff. i + 76. 9 x 11.25 in. Crimson morocco binding with gold tooling. 1. ff. 2-3. Overture to Amadigi, omitting the...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. II; circa 1729. Copy. Aylesford Collection. Harpsichord arrangements, unless otherwise described. ff. ii + 34. 9 x 11.5 in. 1. ff. 1-3v. Overture to Ottone, ‘as performed’. 2. ff. 4-5v. Overture and opening cho...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. III; circa 1729. Copy. Full scores. Aylesford Collection. Extracts from Operas. The pencilled pagination may possibly be in Handel’s handwriting. ff. i + 110. 9 x 11.25 in. 1. ff. 2-4v. ‘Amor ed empieta [?]’. ‘A...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. IV; circa 1735. Copy. Full scores, unless otherwise stated. Aylesford Collection. Selections from the second version of Pastor Fido, with its Prologue, Terpsicore (H-G. LXXXIV), and from a few other works. The con...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. V; circa 1736. Copy. Full scores, unless otherwise stated. Aylesford Collection. Selections from Atalanta (H-G. LXXXVII), the 1732 version of Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (H-G. LIII), and a later alteration of the 1732...
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,...