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Collection Area Music Collections Name Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759 Digitised Content Platform BL Digitised Manuscripts (2024-)

61. 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. b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1708-c 1739
Extent:
1 volume

62. 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 ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1725-c 1745
Extent:
1 volume

63. 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 o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1735-c 1750
Extent:
1 volume ([i] + 51 folios)

64. 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 wil...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1710-c 1725
Extent:
1 volume (i + 22 folios)

65. 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 V...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1740-c 1750
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 36 folios)

66. 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)

67. R.M.20.f.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.4
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day (text by John Dryden), HWV 76. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 24v and 42v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘Ouverture to the Song for St Cecilia’s Day by Mr Dryden. 1687.’ ‘begun Sept. 15, 1739. [Here is the astrological symbol for Saturday]. 2. f. 3v. The Allegro is followed by a Minuet (a version of which is pri...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1739
Extent:
1 volume (42 folios)

68. Zweig MS 38

Reference (shelfmark):
Zweig MS 38
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Oratorio ‘Joseph and his Brethren’ (words James Miller, after the book of Genesis), 1743: recitative ‘With Songs of ardent gratitude, and Praise’
Scope & Content:
Autograph score. Written in ink on systems of two staves: vocal line in the alto clef and figured bass. Headed ‘Joseph’ in the upper margin, the music followed by ‘Segue il Coro Alleluja we will rejoice’, and with ‘Fine dell oratio. [sic] Joseph’ in the lower margin. Joseph and his Brethren wa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1743-1744
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

69. 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)

70. 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)