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21. 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’. ‘Sr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1732
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

22. 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 r...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1709]
Extent:
1 volume (i + 121 folios)

23. 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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1735
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

24. 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. print...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1726
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)

25. R.M.20.d.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.3
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Alexander Balus (oratorio by Thomas Morell), HWV 65. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 48v and 113v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 3. ‘angefangen den 1 June. 1747’. ‘Alexander Balus returning from the Conquest of Demetrius, King of Syria and Chorus of Asiatics’. 2. f. 21v. After Alexander’s recitative (H-G., p. 38): ‘Segue l’aria nel terzo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1747
Extent:
1 volume (113 folios)

26. 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 thi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1716-1720]
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

27. 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 ‘All...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1717-1718
Extent:
1 volume (115 folios)

28. 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 co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1716-1720]
Extent:
1 volume (128 folios)

29. R.M.20.d.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.9
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Anthems IV. Anthem for Queen Caroline’s Funeral (The Ways of Zion, HWV 264. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Italian words are added throughout, sometimes in pencil, with altered notes to fit the Italian text. At end a folio ruled with stave but otherwise blank (f. 48a). Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘Largo assai’. Several bars are cancelled (in pencil) between bars 2 and 3, line 3 of H-G., p.1. 2. f. 2...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1737
Extent:
1 volume (48 folios)

30. 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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1733
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)