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Project / Collection Royal Music Library Manuscripts Language Italian Name Silvani, Francesco, librettist

1. R.M.18.b.4

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R.M.18.b.4
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XII; circa 1735. Copy. Full Scores, unless otherwise described. Various handwritings. Aylesford Collection. ff. i + 71. 11.25 x 9.25 in. 1. ff. 1-8v. Overture to Sosarme. 2. ff. 9-11v. Overture to Arianna, for...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1735
Extent:
1 item

2. R.M.18.c.2

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R.M.18.c.2
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. II; circa 1729. Copy. Aylesford Collection. Harpsichord arrangements, unless otherwise described. ff. ii + 34. 9 x 11.5 in. 1. ff. 1-3v. Overture to Ottone, ‘as performed’. 2. ff. 4-5v. Overture and opening cho...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1729
Extent:
1 item

3. R.M.18.c.3

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R.M.18.c.3
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. III; circa 1729. Copy. Full scores. Aylesford Collection. Extracts from Operas. The pencilled pagination may possibly be in Handel’s handwriting. ff. i + 110. 9 x 11.25 in. 1. ff. 2-4v. ‘Amor ed empieta [?]’. ‘A...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1729
Extent:
1 item

4. R.M.18.c.10

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R.M.18.c.10
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Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. X; circa 1730. Copy. Selections from Operas, in full score. Aylesford Collection. ff. i + 204. 9 x 11.25 in. 1. ff. 3-10v. Ottone (H-G. LXVI). For autograph see R.M.20.b.9. [HWV 15]. (a) f. 3. Sinfonia, Act I ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1730
Extent:
1 item

5. R.M.19.c.10

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R.M.19.c.10
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Floridante; circa 1733. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXV). Full score of Act I, wanting parts of Scenes 6 and 7. Some of the airs are transposed and the recitatives altered, probably for the revival in 1733. Smith Collection. For autograph see R.M.20.b.2; for a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1733
Extent:
1 item

6. R.M.19.f.4

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R.M.19.f.4
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Floridante; [HWV 14] circa 1722. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXV). Full score, probably writen by a German copyist. For autograph see R.M.20.b.2; for another copy see R.M.19.c.10. ff. i + 90. 8.75 x 11.25 in. Red morocco binding with gold tooling; book-plate ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1722
Extent:
1 item

7. R.M.20.b.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.2
Title:
G.F. Handel: Floridante (dramma per musica after a libretto by Francesco Silvani) (HWV 14); [1721, 1733]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXV).
Scope & Content:
The MS. differs considerably from the version in H-G. The part of Rossane was originally written for a Contralto (Maddalena Salvai), but when the opera was revived in 1733 it was sung by a Soprano. Consequently the recitatives for Rossane in the earlier version are different from those sung in 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1721-1733
Extent:
1 item

8. R.M.20.c.5

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R.M.20.c.5
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George Frideric Handel: Rodrigo (dramma per musica after a libretto by Francesco Silvani), HWV 5. Autograph
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f. i is a note in the hand of F. Nicolai. ff. 14v, 85v and 104v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. Overture ‘di G. F. Hendel’[sic]. 2. ff. 4-6. The ‘Matelot’ (f. 4), marked ‘3’, so as to follow the ‘Sarabande’ (f. 5) (marked ‘2’). The ‘Menuet’ (f. 6v) is mark...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1707?]
Extent:
1 volume (i + 106 folios)

9. 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
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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