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1. R.M.20.a.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.1
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (HWV 72). Autograph
Scope & Content:
The MS. ends at the end of H-G., p. 48, line 5, bar 1. The last four leaves of the work will be found in Eg. 2953, ff. 98-101, which contain a long recitative for Polifemo (not in H-G.), the Finale ‘Chi ben ama’, and the date: ‘Napoli li 16 di Giugnio [sic]. 1708. d’Alvito.’. Points of note: ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1708]
Extent:
1 volume (59 folios)

2. 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)

3. R.M.20.a.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Ariodante (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 33. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The recitative ‘Ah che questo’ and air ‘Il primo ardor’ (Act I, sc. 11; H-G., pp. 48-50) and the King’s air ‘Più contento’ (Act II, sc. 6, H-G., p. 82) are not present in this MS. ff. 7v, 24, 62v, 72v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. Overture. At the foot of...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1734
Extent:
1 volume (96 folios)

4. R.M.20.b.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.5
Title:
G.F. Handel: Imeneo (dramma per musica after a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia) (HWV 41); 1738-1740. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XCIII).
Scope & Content:
The MS. is incomplete, and the arrangement difficult to understand (cf. Charles Burney, A General History of Music from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period, London 1789, vol. IV, p. 433, and the Preface to H-G.). The MS. contains practically all that is printed in H-G., excepting the Overtur...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1738-1740
Extent:
1 item

5. R.M.20.b.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.9
Title:
G.F. Handel: Ottone I (dramma per musica after a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino) (HWV 15); 1722. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXVI).
Scope & Content:
Some missing parts of this MS. and of R.M.20.b.10. are in Fitzwilliams MSS Nos 256, 265. Between ff. 14 and 15 is a leaf ruled with staves, but otherwise blank, not foliated; ff. 21v, 48v, 52v 77v and 78v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.b.10.; for copies see Eg. 2918, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1722
Extent:
1 item

6. 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)

7. R.M.20.c.9

Reference (shelfmark):
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)

8. 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

9. 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)

10. R.M.20.d.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.4
Title:
G.F. Handel: Alexander’s Feast (libretto by Newburgh Hamilton after a text by John Dryden) (HWV 75); 1736. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/1, 1957). Between ff. 47 and 48 is a leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 47a; ff. 70v and 88v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. The following names of singers occur in the MS.: ‘Sigra. Strada’...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1736
Extent:
1 item