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1. R.M.20.e.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.2
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas IV. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 25 and 26, 68 and 69 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 25a and 68a; ff. 1v, 10v, 29v, 55v, 68v and 74v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. f. 1-10v. ‘Armida abbandonata. Cantata a voce S...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (74 folios)

2. R.M.20.d.11

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.11
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas I. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantatas and French Songs for a single voice and Continuo. Between ff. 14 and 15, 69 and 70, 78 and 79 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 14a, 69a, 78a; ff 4v, 8v, 12v, 31v and 39v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank; on f. 27v is the sketch of an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (86 folios)

3. R.M.20.e.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.5
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas VII. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. 9v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-3v. ‘La Solitudine’. ‘Cantata’. For Alto and figured bass (HWV 121) (H-G. L, p. 107). Unfinished, ending in sketches. The words of the unset recitative (H-G., p. 109) should read: ‘Non v’è delizia humana soave più…dalle cure lontana vivo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1705?-1735?]
Extent:
1 volume (12 folios)

4. R.M.23.h.13

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.h.13
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino). La Superbia d’Alessandro; 17th century, 18th century. ‘Drama da recitarsi nel Theatro d’Hannover L’Anno 1690’, in 3 acts with a prologue and an overture; with woodwind and strings, in score. There is a table of the vocal numbers at the end of the volu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. R.M.20.e.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.4
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas VI. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Between ff. 40 and 41 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 40a; ff. 49v and 51v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-6v. ‘Mi palpita il cor’ ‘Cantata a Voce Sola con Oboe’ (HWV 132) (partly printed in H-G. LII B, p. 132-155. The MS. contains the whol...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (51 folios)

6. R.M.20.g.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music III. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Between ff. 15 and 16, 24 and 25 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank, not foliated; ff. 1v, 10v, 24v, and 29v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-10. Concerto in D major ( for trumpets and French horns HWV 335a; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe IV/16, 1983) (H-G., p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1749
Extent:
1 volume (29 folios)

7. R.M.20.e.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.3
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas V. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 71 and 72 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 71a; ff. 30v, 38v, 58v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. f. i is an inserted leaf with a note in the hand of F. Nicolai. 1. ff. 1-30. ‘Arresta il passo’ ("...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1710
Extent:
1 volume (i + 75 folios)

8. R.M.23.i.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.i.2
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino). (Alcibiade ou I Trionfi del Fato; 17th century, 18th century. In 3 acts with an overture; with woodwind and strings, in score. [For the autograph see R.M.23.i.3-5. and for another contemporary copy R.M.23.i.1.]. Paper. ff. 112. Agostino Steffani, co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

9. R.M.21.b.14

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.21.b.14
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Scarlatti (Alessandro). 12 Sinfonias or Concertos; ‘cominciate al Po Giugno 1715’. Autograph. The score of a numbered set of 12 symphonies for 2 flutes, 2 violins, viola, cello and bass (figured). [See R.M.21.b.15. for separate parts]. Paper. ff. 127. Alessandro Scarlat...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715
Extent:
1 item

10. R.M.24.c.14

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.24.c.14
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bevan (Elway). Canons; early 17th century. Autograph collection of over 300 short canons, in score, mainly on plainsong canti fermi, for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 and 20 voices. Among many miscellaneous exercises are a numbered set of 51 canons for three voices, ff....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item