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1. R.M.18.a.10

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R.M.18.a.10
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Invocazione all’Armonia; 19th century. ‘Coro con soli’, with orchestra. In full score, scored by Sir Michael Costa. [For a copy in the hand of Costa see R.M.18.a.5. and for contemporary copies in short score see R.M.23.g.1.(2.), a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

2. 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.,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1726
Extent:
1 volume (i + 101 folios)

3. R.M.20.c.9

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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. 16-1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1728
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. R.M.20.d.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.10
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Belshazzar (oratorio by Charles Jennens), HWV 61. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Between ff. 22 and 23, 134 and 135, 159 and 160 are folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank, respectively foliated as 22a, 134a and 159a; ff. 108v, 116v and 159v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘angefangen den 23. Agost 1744 [here is the symbol for Thur...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1744
Extent:
1 volume (i + 167 folios)

8. 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"....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

9. R.M.20.e.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.8
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Hercules (a ‘musical drama’ by Thomas Broughton, after texts by Sophocles and Ovidius), HWV 60. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The MS. (cf. the Preface to H-G.) contains the divisions into acts and scenes of the Libretto, but not the directions as to Ripieni, etc., in H-G. Between ff. 57 and 58 is inserted a leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated as f. 57a; ff. 83v, 98v, 133v are ruled with staves but oth...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1744
Extent:
1 volume (133 folios)

10. R.M.20.e.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.10
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Joseph and his Brethren (oratorio by James Miller), HWV 59. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The Preface to H-G. XLII and the version A printed in the volume contain full information as to the contents of the MS. The following are a few additional details. ff. 108v and 122v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 4v. Overture. The Menuet (H-G., p. 7) is not i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1743
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)