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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel [HWV 50]: Esther; 18th century, 1767. 2 copies. (Händel-Gesellschaft XL, XLI). Full score. Smith Collection. For autograph see R.M.20.e.7; for other copies see R.M.19.g.8 and R.M.19.b.2. 2 vols.
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George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.
R.M.19.b.5. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Gideon, oratorio, words by T. Morell, compiled from the works of Handel by J.C. Smith; circa 1769. Performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1769. [Copy]. Full score. 3 vols. 10.25 x 14.5 in.
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Thomas Morell, DD: John Christopher Smith, the younger; composer: Gideon, an oratorio compiled from the works of Handel by John Christopher Smith, to words by Thomas Morell: circa 1769: Copy.
R.M.19.b.6. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Israel in Babylon, ‘An Oratorio in score. As it was originally perform’d’ [engraved title-page in each volume]; 1764. A pasticcio, arranged by Edward Toms, performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1764. [Copy]. Full score. 3 vols. 12.5 x 10 in.
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Edward Toms, writer: George Frideric Handel, composer: Israel in Babylon, an oratorio compiled from the works of Handel by Edward Toms: 1764: Copy.
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Giulio Cesare; [HWV 17] 1725. 2 copies. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXVIII). Full scores. For autograph see R.M.20.b.3; for another copy see R.M.19.f.3. 2 vols.
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George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.
R.M.19.e.9. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Omnipotence, oratorio in three parts, music selected and arranged from Handel by Samuel Arnold, words selected by S. Arnold and Edward Toms; circa 1774. [Copy]. Full score. 3 vols. 9.25 x 11.5 in.
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Samuel Arnold, Mus. Doc: Samuel Arnold, Mus. Doc: Edward Toms, writer: Omnipotence, an oratorio music selected from the works of Handel and arranged by Samuel Arnold, words selected by Samuel Arnold and Edward Toms: circa 1774: Copy.
R.M.19.e.10. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XXXII; 18th century. Copy. Parts. 4 vols.
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George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies. John Milton, poet: Charles Jennens, author and librettist: Handel's 'L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato' (HWV55) to a libretto by Charles Jennens, after a text by John Milton: 18th cent: Eng, ital. Willia...
R.M.19.f.6. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Instrumental Music V; circa 1750. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXVII). Sonate a tre, Op. 5. Score and parts. [HWV 369-402]. Autograh lost. 4 vols.
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George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.
R.M.19.g.1. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Anthems; 1772-1773. Copies. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXXIV-XXXVII). Full scores. Smith Collection. R.M.19.g.1a. and R.M.19.g.1b., apparently strays from the Collection, were placed on loan by Messrs. Novello & Co., Ltd in 1958, and purchased from them in 1970. 5 vols.
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George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies. includes: vol.1-3 I. Bulley, copyist: Works by Handel in the hand of I. Bulley: circa 1772.
R.M.21.a.1-4. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Alday (Paul). String Quartets; early 19th century. Autograph. 4 vols. of string quartet music, in score and separate parts, bound up in confusion. Vols.i-iii are evidently part of a complete set of quartets by Alday, as they are numbered, though fragmentary and incomplete; there are 35 quartets in these vols., and parts of 7 or 8 more in vol.IV, which also contains (f.30 onwards) an incomplete horn quintet. The texts are full of omissions and in a carele...
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Paul Alday, composer: String quartets: 19th cent: Autogr.