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821. Add MS 31547

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Title:
Cantatas, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Giovanni Battista Bononcini.
Scope & Content:
Vol. III. ff. 44. Cantatas, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Giovanni Battista Bononcini. No. 1 is in an earlier hand than the others, has the bass figured, and is for a contralto voice; nos. 2-7 are for a soprano voice. 1. 'Anche i tronchi, anche le rupi.' f. 1. 2. 'Come potesti mai....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1st half 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

822. Add MS 31549

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Two cantatas, and end-chorus of the Opera "Sanzio", by Antonio Caldara.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-3b. 'Senti, deh, senti, oh Clori': Cantata for a soprano voice, with a bass for harpsichord, in score, by Antonio Caldara. Autograph. At the end is written '20 Maggio, 1715, in Roma; et è una grande ragazzata.' [1715.] ff. 4-10. 'Amor del gran Sancio': concluding chorus (à 4), with accom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (10 folios)

823. Add MS 31555

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Selections from Operas and similar works, by Handel, transcribed roughly, in score, by Michael Rophino Lacy.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-98, 109-125b. Portions of Operas, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, etc., and (in the recitatives) basses, generally tigured, for harpsichord, in score, by Handel; apparently all of them transcribed by Michael Rophino Lacy from the originals at Buckingham Palace. 1. Arias, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (284 folios)

824. Add MS 31556

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Title:
Unpublished portions of the opera of Handel's "Rinaldo", transcribed by Rophino Lacy.
Scope & Content:
ff. 43. Recitatives, generally with a bass only for harpsichord, and a few short marches and symphonies, from Handel's 'Rinaldo.' They were not published in the original edition (1711), but have since (1894) appeared in the Händel-Gesellschaft's 'Versione Prima' of the opera. Characters: Goffredo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1853
Extent:
1 volume (43 folios)

825. Add MS 31562

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Title:
Handel's "Radamiste" or " Il Rademisto ": an Italian Opera, in full score, transcribed by Christopher Smith.
Scope & Content:
ff. 112. 'Radamiste': Opera in 3 Acts, with overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, trumpets, horns, bassoons, strings, and harpsichord, in score, by Handel, 1720. The present MS is in the hand of his amanuensis, John Christopher Smith the younger, and corresponds with the edi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (112 folios)

826. Add MS 31567

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Title:
Handel's "Il Convito d'Alessandro": the Serenata "Alexander's Feast" with an Italian version of the libretto.
Scope & Content:
ff. 161. 'Il Convito d' Alessandro'; sc. an Italian version of 'Alexander's Feast,' for solo voices and choruses of 4 and 6 voices, with overture and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord or organ, in score, by Hendel, sc. Han...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (161 folios)

827. Add MS 31568

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"Oratorio del Tempo e della Verità", apparently in the revised and rewritten form, in various hands, including suspected Handel's.
Scope & Content:
ff. 131. ['II Trionfo] del Tempo e della Verità': Oratorio in three parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, trumpets, drums, strings and organ, in score, by Handel. The words (as far as they go) and a considerable portion of the music are t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1737
Extent:
1 volume (131 folios)

828. Add MS 31569

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Title:
'Alessandro Severo': Pasticcio in 3 Acts, in score, by Handel, arranged from earlier works of the composer's, with a new overture.
Scope & Content:
ff. 132. 'Alessandro Severo': Pasticcio in 3 Acts, w4th overture, symphonies, and accompaniments for horns, oboes, flutes, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. [By Handel, 1738.] Arranged from earlier works of the composer's, with a new overture. Characters, as in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1738
Extent:
1 volume (132 folios)

829. Add MS 31571

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Title:
Transcripts made by John Christopher Smith from Operas by Handel, in score; taken from: "Pastor Fido", "Muzio Scævola", "Ottone", "Floridante", "Tamerlano", "Giulio Cesare" "Rodelinda" and "Alessandro".
Scope & Content:
ff. 135. Transcripts made by John Christopher Smith from Operas by Handel, in score. Unless the contrary is stated, they are arias. The symphonies and accompaniments are generally for violins or mixed strings, with the occasional addition of oboes (which are, however, only once named—in no. 1). ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (134 folios)

830. Add MS 31572

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Title:
Songs from Operas, all (with one exception) by Handel, in score. taken principally from "Ottone and " Flavio", "Alceste", "Admeto", "Semiramide", "Orlando", "Parnasso in Festa".
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-171b. Selections from Operas, all (with one exception) by Handel, in score. Unless the contrary is stated, they are arias, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings. Almost all of them were published by Walsh. Nos. 1-9, 11-22 (some described as 'Add MS Songs'), 46-50 ('Add MS Songs') ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1734
Extent:
1 volume (178 folios)

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