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1. R.M.20.d.11

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.11
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas I. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantatas and French Songs for a single voice and Continuo. Between ff. 14 and 15, 69 and 70, 78 and 79 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 14a, 69a, 78a; ff 4v, 8v, 12v, 31v and 39v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank; on f. 27v is the sketch of an uni...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (86 folios)

2. R.M.20.d.12

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.12
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas II. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantatas for a Single voice and Continuo. Between ff. 42 and 43 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 42a; ff. 6, 12v, 27v, 30v, 39v and 50v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. f. 24 is a small slip (possibly a former flyleaf of the volume) with a note in the hand ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (50 folios)

3. R.M.20.d.13

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.13
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas III. Tra le fiamme (cantata on a text by Benedetto Pamphili, HWV 170. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantata for Soprano, Viola da Gamba and Orchestra. At the end is another leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 14a. 1. ff. 1-14v. ‘Tra le fiamme’. (H-G. LII b, p. 66). includes: ff. 1-14 Benedetto Pamphili, Cardinal, writer: Handel's Cantata 'Tra le fiamme' (HWV170) to a text by Bene...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (14 folios)

4. R.M.20.e.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.1
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas III bis. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 37 and 38 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 37a; f. 12v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-37v. ‘Apollo e Dafne. Cantata a 2’. (HWV 122) (H-G. LII b, p. 1). First line: "La terra è liberata". Autho...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

5. R.M.20.e.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.2
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas IV. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 25 and 26, 68 and 69 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 25a and 68a; ff. 1v, 10v, 29v, 55v, 68v and 74v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. f. 1-10v. ‘Armida abbandonata. Cantata a voce Sola c...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (74 folios)

6. R.M.20.e.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.4
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas VI. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Between ff. 40 and 41 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 40a; ff. 49v and 51v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-6v. ‘Mi palpita il cor’ ‘Cantata a Voce Sola con Oboe’ (HWV 132) (partly printed in H-G. LII B, p. 132-155. The MS. contains the whole Cant...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (51 folios)

7. R.M.20.h.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.h.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Psalms (Latin) I. Autograph
Scope & Content:
‘Laudate pueri Dominum’ (Psalm 112) in F (HWV 236) (H-G. XXXVIII, No. I). Points of note: 1. f. 3. ‘Qui sicut Dominus’ (H-G., p. 7). Marked ‘ad[agio]’.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1702?
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

8. R.M.20.g.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.9
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. I. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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, No 6, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1707-c 1745
Extent:
1 volume (69 folios)

9. R.M.20.d.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.2
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. II (HWV 49, 22, 6, 20, 21, A14, 73, 27, 27, 28, 12, 19, 18, A5, 25). Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. 14v, 16v, 23v, 30v, 34v, 38v and 52v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. ff. 58. 9.25 x 11.5 in. 1. ff. 1-4v. ‘Vivere non amar’. Solos and chorus from Acis and Galatea (HWV 49)(the 1732 version, H-G LIII, p. 80). Only the first letters of the name of the singers are written. The MS. breaks...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1708-c 1739
Extent:
1 volume

10. R.M.20.e.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.5
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas VII. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. 9v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-3v. ‘La Solitudine’. ‘Cantata’. For Alto and figured bass (HWV 121) (H-G. L, p. 107). Unfinished, ending in sketches. The words of the unset recitative (H-G., p. 109) should read: ‘Non v’è delizia humana soave più…dalle cure lontana vivo lieti...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1705?-1735?]
Extent:
1 volume (12 folios)

11. R.M.20.e.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.3
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas V. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 71 and 72 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 71a; ff. 30v, 38v, 58v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. f. i is an inserted leaf with a note in the hand of F. Nicolai. 1. ff. 1-30. ‘Arresta il passo’ ("Amint...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1710
Extent:
1 volume (i + 75 folios)

12. R.M.20.g.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.8
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. III. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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 will magni...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1710-c 1725
Extent:
1 volume (i + 22 folios)

13. R.M.20.g.14

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.14
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music V. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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 is wanting...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1710-c 1751
Extent:
1 volume (i + 62 folios)

14. R.M.20.a.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.1
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (HWV 72). Autograph
Scope & Content:
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: 1. f. 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1708]
Extent:
1 volume (59 folios)

15. R.M.20.f.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.5
Title:
G.F. Handel: La Resurrezione (oratorio by Carlo Sigismondo Capece) (HWV 47); 1708. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXXIX). f. i bound at end. Between ff. 47 and 48 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 47a; ff. 45v, 46v, 47v and 56v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For a copy see R.M.19.d.4. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. R...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1708
Extent:
1 item

16. R.M.20.a.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.3
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Agrippina (dramma per musica by Vincenzo Grimani), HWV 6. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. i. is an inserted leaf with a note (‘The 1st scena of this Opera is missing’) by F. Nicolai, originally before f. 1, now bound at the end of the volume, after f. 121. Points of note: 1. f. 1. All is wanting before the words ‘a poveri dispensa l’or’ in Act I, sc. 1. 2. f. 1v. Agrippina’s recitativ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1709]
Extent:
1 volume (i + 121 folios)

17. 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 goder’,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1712
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

18. R.M.20.c.12

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.12
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Teseo (‘dramma tragico’ by Niccolò Francesco Haym, after a text by Philippe Quinault), HWV 9. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Fragments of Acts IV and V. ff. 5v and 12v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. ff. 1-3v. Act IV, sc. 1. Recitatives and ‘Voglio straggi [sic]. No ‘Allegro’ is marked (H-G., pp. 69-71). 2. f. 3v. Sc. 2. Recitative (H-G., p. 71) and ‘Benchè tuoni’ ending at p. 73, line 1, end...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1712
Extent:
1 volume (16 folios)

19. R.M.20.g.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.5
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278) and Jubilate (HWV 279). Autograph
Scope & Content:
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 Janv. v[i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712-1713
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 73 folios)

20. R.M.20.d.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Anthems II and Te Deum, HWV 248, 255, 281. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 19v, 23v and 115v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-23. ‘Have mercy upon me’. ‘Ψ 51’. (H-G. XXXIV, p. 79). f. 11: ‘Against Thee only’. No tempo marked. f. 19: End of ‘Make me a clean heart’ (H-G., 103). f. 19v: Blank. f. 20: ‘Then shall I teach’ (H-G., p. 104) marked ‘Allegro’....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1717-1718
Extent:
1 volume (115 folios)

21. R.M.20.c.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.8
Title:
G.F. Handel: Silla (dramma per musica by Giacomo Rossi) (HWV 10); [1714]. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXI). Fragments of the score. f. 15v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For other copies see R.M.19.d.7. and Add. MSS 31555 and 53341. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1714]
Extent:
1 item

22. R.M.20.a.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.2
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Acis and Galatea, (masque by John Gay, with texts by Alexander Pope and John Hughes), HWV 49. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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’. ‘Sra Fran...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1732
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

23. R.M.20.d.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.6
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Anthems I, HWV 251b, 249b, 256a, 250a. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 8v, 24v, 50v and 99v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-24v. ‘As pants the hart’ (HWV 251b) (H-G. XXXIV, p. 207). f. 1: The Sonata contains some pencilled alterations by Handel. f. 13. ‘Now when I think’ (H-G., p. 220). At the top of the page: ‘Write the Bas [sic] under this Vio...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1716-1720]
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

24. R.M.20.d.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.8
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Anthems III, HWV 252, 247, 253, 246. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 4v, 16v, 28v, 33, 59, 101v and 128v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-28. ‘My song shall be alway’. ‘Ψ. ye 89’. (HWV 255) (H-G. XXXV, p. 1). f. 16: End of ‘God is very greatly to be feared’ (H-G., p. 17). f. 17: ‘The heavens are Thine’ (H-G., p. 24). f. 28: ‘Fine’. For copies s...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1716-1720]
Extent:
1 volume (128 folios)

25. 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. 78-117...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1720
Extent:
1 item

26. R.M.20.f.11

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.11
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VII. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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 to L’...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1725-c 1745
Extent:
1 volume

27. 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 fidar’. The...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1721
Extent:
1 volume (69 folios)

28. Zweig MS 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 37
Title:
George Frideric Handel: ‘Floridante’, opera in three acts (libretto Paolo Antonio Rolli): final chorus ‘Quando pena la costanza’ from Act III
Scope & Content:
Autograph full score. Written in ink on systems of nine staves. No tempo direction. Headed ‘Coro’ (f. 1r) and with ‘Fine dell’ Opera à Londres ce 28 de Novembre 1721’ at the end (f. 4r). Part of Handel’s composition score of the opera. The discovery of this hitherto missing conclusion to the composi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1721
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

29. R.M.20.b.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.2
Title:
G.F. Handel: Floridante (dramma per musica after a libretto by Francesco Silvani) (HWV 14); [1721, 1733]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXV).
Scope & Content:
The MS. differs considerably from the version in H-G. The part of Rossane was originally written for a Contralto (Maddalena Salvai), but when the opera was revived in 1733 it was sung by a Soprano. Consequently the recitatives for Rossane in the earlier version are different from those sung in 1733:...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1721-1733
Extent:
1 item

30. 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, Add....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1722
Extent:
1 item

31. 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 the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1722
Extent:
1 item

32. R.M.20.b.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.1
Title:
Scope & Content:
G.F. Handel: Flavio (drama per musica after a libretto by Matteo Noris) (HWV 16); 1723. Autograph. (Handel-Gesellschaft LXVII; Hallische Handel-Ausgabe II/13, 1993). ff. 33v, 36v, 47v, 88v and 91v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For a copy see Add. MS. 31572; for selections see R.M.18.c.4...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1723
Extent:
1 item

33. R.M.20.b.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.3
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani), HWV 17. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Except when otherwise stated, the words only of the recitatives are written, without music. f. i is a preliminary leaf with a note by Nicolai (‘This opera wants all the Recitativ: and seems very incomplete’). Reversing the volume, on f. 154v, is a repetition of the beginning of the chorus ‘Ritorni o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1723
Extent:
1 volume (i + 154 folios)

34. R.M.20.f.13

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.13
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Songs (German Arias) (on text by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, from "Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott" (Hamburg, 1724)), HWV 202-210. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. 17v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. First published at Munich in 1921, edited by Herman Roth. All the songs are for Soprano and Figured Bass, with accompaniment of Violin, Flute or Oboe. 1. ff. 1-3. ‘No.1’ ‘Künft’ger Zeiten eitler Kummer’. 2. ff. 3-4v. ‘No. 2. Aria’. ‘Das zitternde Glän...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1729
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

35. R.M.20.c.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.4
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 19. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. i is a note by F. Nicolai. ff. 19v, 22v, 49v, 59v, 64v and 66v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 6. Act I, sc. 6 (H-G., p. 7). The passage in dotted brackets is in the MS. 2. f. 17v. Sc. 6. The end of Bertarido’s recitative (from ‘che non è’, H-G., p.21, line 1) is ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1725
Extent:
1 volume (i + 97 folios)

36. R.M.20.a.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.5
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Alessandro (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli after a libretto by Ortensio Mauro), HWV 21. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The numbering of the scenes differs in the MS. from H-G., which follows the printed libretto. ff. 29v, 38v, 51v, 84v, 96v, 99v, 107v and 119v are blank. Points of note: 1. f. 5. Act I, sc. 1. At the end of the opening recitative: ‘Il nemico fugge dal muro all’arrivo di Alessandro’. H-G. prints this ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1726
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)

37. R.M.20.c.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.6
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Scipione (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli), HWV 20. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. i, bound at end, is a note in the hand of F. Nicolai. ff. 11v and 31v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 10. Act I, sc. 1. ‘Un caro amante’. A cut of two pages hads been made between H-G., p. 13, line 2, bars 3 and 4. 2. f. 17. ‘Libera chi non è’, aria (H-G., p. 124)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1726
Extent:
1 volume (i + 101 folios)

38. R.M.20.c.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.2
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Riccardo Primo (melodramma by Paolo Antonio Rolli, after a libretto by Francesco Briani), HWV 23. Autograph
Scope & Content:
A leaf with Nicolai’s annotations indicated as f. i was removed during recent conservation. ff. 23v, 38v, 39v, 43v, 75v, 79v, 115v, 124v, 137v and 144 are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. ff. 10-12v. A cancelled Scene 2 of Act I, differing both in words and music from that i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1727
Extent:
1 volume (146 folios)

39. R.M.20.c.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.9
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Siroe (‘dramma per musica’ by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a text by Pietro Metastasio), HWV 24. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 62v, 66v and 75v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1v. The lowest line of the Allegro (H-G, p. 2) is marked: ‘Violonc: Contrabassi Cemb.’ The ‘Introduzione’ (H-G., p.6) is on f. 85, crossed out in ink. 2. f. 11. Act I, sc. 5. ‘D’ogni amator’ (H-G., pp. 16-17, versi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1728
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

40. R.M.20.d.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.1
Title:
G.F. Handel: Tolomeo (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym, after a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece) (HWV 25); 1728. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXVI). Between ff. 29 and 30 is a leaf ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated 29a. ff. 80. 9.5 x 11.75in. Points of note: 1. f. 4. Overture. At the end: ‘Atto Scena 1. Strada di Roma con Arco Trionfale per dove entra Genserico’, etc., followed by...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1728
Extent:
1 item

41. 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 x 12...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1729
Extent:
1 item

42. 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 omitted...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1730
Extent:
1 volume (105 folios)

43. 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 and M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1730-1731
Extent:
1 item

44. R.M.20.f.12

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.12
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VI. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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 other...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1735-c 1750
Extent:
1 volume ([i] + 51 folios)

45. 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), p...
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 mio ben...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1732
Extent:
1 item

46. R.M.20.c.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.10
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Sosarme (‘dramma per musica’ after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 30. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The libretto was originally called ‘Fernando Re di Castiglia’, and the action took place at Coimbra. The first two acts were set to this book, but the names were then changed. The opera became ‘Sosarme Re di Media’, the action laid at ‘Sardi’, Fernando became ‘Sosarme; Alfonso – Argone; Sancio – Mel...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1732
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

47. R.M.20.a.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.6
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Arianna (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Pariati), HWV 32. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 24v, 82v and 84v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 3v. Act I. The stage directions for scene 1 precede the Minuet (marked Andante). 2. f. 22v. Sc. 11. The last words of Arianna’s recitative (‘mi compiaci…tu taci’) are on f. 57. 3. f. 29. Sc. 12. The ‘Balli’ in H-G....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1733
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

48. R.M.20.a.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Ariodante (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 33. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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 the pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1734
Extent:
1 volume (96 folios)

49. R.M.20.a.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.4
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Alcina (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Fanzaglia), HWV 34. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The text and clefs of some of the recitatives are in the handwriting of a copyst. Some of the Balli, who are missing from this MS, are in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS. 30 H 8, pp. 1-8. ff. 21v and 36v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 12v. Act I. At the end of the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1735
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

50. R.M.20.g.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.10
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VIII. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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 Violins, tw...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1740-c 1750
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 36 folios)