George Frideric Handel: Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278) and Jubilate (HWV 279). Autograph
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The MSS. of both works are foliated in pencil by Handel [?dubious]. ff. 42v, 72v and 73v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 3. ‘tous les Hautb.’ (H-G., p. 3, line 2) is written below the 1st Violin and 1st Oboe part. 2. f. 42. ‘S.D.G. G. F. H. Londres ce 14 de J...
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. IV. Autograph
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On f. i is a list of contents; between ff. 39-40 are 3 leaves, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, not foliated; ff. 8v, 11v, 18v, 19 and 60v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-11. ‘O sing unto the Lord’. Anthem (Chapel Royal Anthem IVa, HWV 249a) (H-G XXXVI, No 4a, p. 219;...
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music III. Autograph
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Between ff. 15 and 16, 24 and 25 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank, not foliated; ff. 1v, 10v, 24v, and 29v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-10. Concerto in D major ( for trumpets and French horns HWV 335a; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe IV/16, 1983) (H-G., p...
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. III. Autograph
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On f. i is a list of contents. 1. ff. 1-6v. ‘Mi palpita il cor’ ‘Cantata’ (HWV 132c). For Alto, Flute and Continuo (H-G L, No. 33, p. 153; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe V/4, 1995). See also R.M.20.e.4. (ff. 1-8); for copies see Add. MSS 29484 (ff. 56v-59v), 31574 (ff. 29-34v). 2. ff. 7-22v. ‘I wil...
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. I. Autograph
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Between ff. 21 and 22, 35 and 36, 38 and 39, 46 and 47 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 21a, 35a, 38a and 46a; ff. 26v, 30v, 35v, 46v and 51v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-21v. ‘Mottetto’ ‘Silete venti’ (HWV 242) (H-G.XXXVIII, ...
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VIII. Autograph
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On f. ii is a list of contents; f. 36v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. ff. 1-13 are copies in Handel’s hand of movements from Antonio Lotti’s Missa Sapientiae [see Music & Letters, 70: 4 (Nov. 1989), p. 537]. 1. ff. 1-9. ‘Gloria in excelsis’ in G major for S.S.A.T.B., Oboe, two V...
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music I. Autograph
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f. 65 is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-16v. ‘Concerto per due Violini concertini e violoncello, 2 Hautb., 2 Violini ripieno, Viola e Basso.’ (Alexander’s Feast, HWV 318) (H-G. XXI, p. 63). f. 1v: At the top (in pencil): ‘N 12’. f. 6: At the top (in pencil): ‘N 13’. f. 11: At ...
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music II. Autograph
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1. ff. 1-16v. ‘Concerto per l’Organo ed altri stromenti’ (Op. IV, No. 1, HWV 289)(H-G. XXVIII, p. 1). ‘N. 22’ is written in pencil at the top of the page. Other pencilled notes are almost erased and illegible. f. 5v: The MS ends at the last bar of the Larghetto (H-G., p. 6). On the blank stave b...
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music IV. Autograph
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Lettered on binding: ‘Sonata’s &c.’ [?]. 1. ff. 1-4v. ‘Concerto’. Op. III, No 6 (HWV 317) (H-G. XXI, p. 54). The first movement only, marked: ‘Vivace’. [This was played in Ottone. Se Walsh edition of the opera and also Leichtentritt, Hugo, Handel (Berlin, 1924), pp. 660, 795]. For copies s...
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music V. Autograph
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Lettered on binding: ‘Sketches of Fughes [sic] &c.’. 1. ff. 1-5v. ‘Sonata 5’. Op. V, No 5 (HWV 400) (H-G. XXVII, p. 182). Wanting the Air and Bourrée. For copies see R.M.19.f.6. (ff. 35-43v); R.M.19.g.6. (ff. 44-48). 2. ff. 6-9v. ‘Sonata 6’. Op. V, No 6 (HWV 401) (H-G. XXVII, p. 188). All...
