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Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.22.d.1-R.M.22.d.3
Title:: R.M.22.d.1-3. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Galuppi (Baldassare). Il Siroe; 18th century. Opera in 3 acts, described as ‘Dramma per Musica Nel Teatro di Torre Argentina, 1784’; with flutes (traversi), oboes, trumpets, horns and strings, in score. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:: Baldassare Galuppi, called 'Il Buranello'; composer: Vocal music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.22.e.20-R.M.22.e.23
Title:: R.M.22.e.20-23. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Haydn (Franz Joseph). The Seasons; early 19th century. A copy of the oratorio in 4 parts, German words throughout, for solo voices and chorus; with flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and string. In full score. Apparently once the property of A. Schick. Paper. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:: A. Schick: Music manuscripts , previously owned by A. Schick: early 19th cent. Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Germ, Ital, Eng: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, German, and Italian
Date Range:: Early 19th century
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.22.i.15-R.M.22.i.16
Title:: 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.
Scope & Content:: Ferdinando Paer, composer: Vocal music: 19th cent: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: Early 19th century
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.22.k.1-R.M.22.k.2
Title:: R.M.22.k.1-2. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Paër (Ferdinando). Griselda; early 19th century. ‘La virtu al cimento ossia La Griselda Opera Grande in due Atti …’, with an overture; with flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets and strings, in full score. Paper. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:: Ferdinando Paer, composer: Vocal music: 19th cent: Ital: Copies. Giovanni Paisiello, composer: Music manuscripts: late 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng, Lat: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: Early 19th century
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.22.m.29-R.M.22.m.31
Title:: R.M.22.m.29-31. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Porpora (Nicolo Antonio). Arianna, or La Clava di Teseo; 1735. Copy. Opera in 3 acts with an overture. ‘Poesia del Sigr Paolo Rolli … In Londra 1734’; sung by Cuzzoni, Senesini, Celeste, Bertoldi and Montagnana; with symphonies and accompaniment for oboes, bassoons, trumpets, horns and strings, and a bass figured for harpsichord. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:: Nicola Porpora, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1735
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.23.a.13-R.M.23.a.14
Title:: R.M.23.a.13-14. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Fonseca (Marcos Antonia da) called Il Portogallo. La Somiglianza o[s]sia[no] i due Gobbi; after 1793. ‘Opera Buffo. Firenze nell’Primavera, 1793’, etc. In 2 acts, preceded by an overture; with oboes, clarinets, horns, trumpets, drums and strings, in score. Paper. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:: Marcos Antônio da Fonseca Portugal, alias Portogallo; composer: Vocal music: late 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: after 1793
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.23.b.4-R.M.23.b.6
Title:: R.M.23.b.4-6. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Salieri (Antonio). Palmira Regina di Persia; 18th century, 19th century. ‘Dramma Eroi-Comico In due Atti Rappresentato Negl’Imperiali Reggi Teatri di Corte L’Anno 1795. La Poesia è del Sigre Tenente de Gamera …’; with woodwind, trumpets, horns, drums and strings, in full score. 18-19th century script apparently not in the same hand throughout. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:: Antonio Salieri, composer: 'Palmira Regina di Persia', opera: late 18-early 19th cent: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 18th century-19th century
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.23.d.11-R.M.23.d.15
Title:: R.M.23.d.11-15. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Handel (George Frederick). [Operatic arias]; 18th century. A collection, in the same hand throughout, of 63 arias for voice, with accompaniment for 2, 3 and 4 string instruments, and one duet with string accompaniment. Separate parts, apparently copied out from the scores in Apollo’s Feast: nos. 1-12 from Vol. III, nos. 13-23 from Vol. IV, nos. 24-39 from Vol. I and nos. 40-64 from Vol. V. Paper. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:: George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.23.f.12-R.M.23.f.14
Title:: R.M.23.f.12-14. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino). La Superbia d’Alessandro; after 1691. Autograph, excepting pp.40-48 of Vol. I. (according to Kroll). Opera in 3 acts, the characters the same as in Handel’s ‘Alessandro’. It is dated ‘Hannovera 1691’ obviously the date of performance. It is scored mainly for strings, or with bass only, and occasionally oboes, flutes and bassoon. There are frequent indications in the score in French. [For a contemporary copy see R.M.23.f.13.]. Pape...
Scope & Content:: Agostino Steffani, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital: Autogr. Agostino Steffani, composer: Vocal music: 17-18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: after 1691
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.23.g.19-R.M.23.g.20
Title:: R.M.23.g.19-20. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Frederick, Prince of Wales. Miscellaneous Lessons and Songs; 18th century. Two volumes of anonymous lessons and songs, excepting two described as airs of Giardini’s, belonging to the Prince of Wales. Paper. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:: Frederick Louis, Princes of Wales: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies?. Felice Giardini, composer: Instrumental music: 18-19th cent: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 2 items

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