R.M.22.i.11-13. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Orfeo; 1736. A pasticcio in 3 acts, ‘musica di diversi Autori. Poesia Del Sigr Paolo Rolli. In Londra 1736’; with flutes (traversi), oboes, horns, trumpets, strings and a figured bass, in score. The original cast is given on the titlepage, including Sigri Farinelli, Senesini, Montagnana, and Sigre Cuzzoni, Santina and Bertolli. The copy is signed at the end of Acts I and III with the initials ‘A.F.G.’. [Music by Hasse, Vinci, Araia and Porpora. K...
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Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Music manuscripts , text by Paolo Antonio Rolli: 18th cent.
R.M.22.i.15-16. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Paër (Ferdinando). Achille; early 19th century. ‘Drama per Musica in Due Atti …’, with an overture; with symphonies and accompaniment for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, horns, harp, timpani, drums and strings, in score. Some of the brass and percussion parts are added at the end of the various numbers, in score. Paper. Two volumes.