Search

Language Italian Name Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759 Digitised Content No

1. Add MS 14207

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 14207
Title:
A collection of duets, songs, excerpts from operas, and a canon
Scope & Content:
Vocal compositions, apparently all of them taken from operas, with accompaniments, mostly in score; 18th cent. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for a single voice, with accompaniments for strings. 1. 'Tergi quegl' occhi belli': chorus, with oboes, horns, bassoons, etc., from 'La Zelinda, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume

2. Add MS 14212

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 14212
Title:
Cantatas, with a bass for harpsichord
Scope & Content:
Cantatas, with a bass (frequently figured) for harpsichord, in score. Nos. 9, 12, 17, 21, 26, and 27 are for a contralto voice, the others for a soprano. 1. 'Se pari alia tua fè.' This and nos. 2-6 are by 'Giorgio Federigo Hendel' and published by the Händel-Gesellschaft. The present cantata cor...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1st half of the 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (176 folios)

3. Add MS 14215

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 14215
Title:
Cantatas, with a bass for harpsichord
Scope & Content:
Cantatas, with a bass (usually figured) for harpsichord, in score. Nos. 16, 18, 19, and 24 are for a contralto voice; the others are for a soprano. 1. 'Sfortunati miei sospiri' 'Benedetto Marcelli.' f. 3. 2. 'Ingiustissimo Amor.' 'Caualiere Alessandro Scarlatti.' f. 7. 3. 'Farfalletta semplicett...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
after 1717
Extent:
1 volume (129 folios)

4. Add MS 14229

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 14229
Title:
A collection of cantatas, songs, pieces from operas, vocal trios, and a duet
Scope & Content:
Cantatas for a single voice (soprano, unless the contrary is stated), with a bass (frequently figured) for harpsichord, in score; about 1723-1732. 1. 'E fia pur uero, ò Dio.' This and nos. 2-5 are by 'Caualiere Alessandro Scarlatti.' f. 69. 2. 'O uoi, di queste selue abitatrici.' Belonged to — B...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 24307

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 24307
Title:
A collection of arias from Italian operas, songs, and other anonymous melodies
Scope & Content:
passim. Arias from Italian Operas of the first half and middle of the 18th century, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings (unless the contrary is stated), in score. 1. 'Vedrò fra poco.' In the hand of John Christopher Smith. Imperfect at the beginning. This and nos. 2-4 are by Handel. f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 29386

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 29386
Title:
A collection of catches, canons, songs, vocal trios, excerpts from oratorios, excerpts from operas, and a duet
Scope & Content:
passim. Catches, Rounds, etc., for 3 voices (unless the contrary is stated), in score. Most of them are in the hand of Edmund T. Warren Home; some of them, beginning with no. 4, were 'corrected [in] 1756.' 1. 'Tobacco is but a vapor' (à 4). 'Ed. Nelham.' f. 5. 2. 'Hey ho, what shall I say' (à 9)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1762?
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 29484

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 29484
Title:
Twenty eight cantatas for one voice, with basso continuo, to Italian words, by George Frederic Händel, Nicola Porpora, Francesco Mancini, Benedetto Marcello, and Giovanni Giorgi
Scope & Content:
Italian cantatas in score, by Nicola Porpora (ff. 1-18), Francesco Mancini (f. 19), Benedetto Marcello (ff. 27-34b), Giovanni Giorgi (ff. 34 b-45), and George Frideric Handel (ff. 45b-49).Except where the contrary is stated, they are written for a soprano voice, with bass only (occasionally figu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
First half of the 18th century
Extent:

1 volume (96 folios)

8. Add MS 31226

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 31226
Title:
A collection of cantatas, anthems and motets, as well as sections of a mass, and a service
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-62. Italian Cantatas, with a bass. Nos. 1-9, 14, are by Benedetto Marcello; nos. 10-12, by Handel. 1. 'Dimando a voi pietà.' f. 1. 2. 'Ecco, à funesto occaso.' f. 5. 3. 'Pecorelle che pascete.' f. 10. 4. 'Nasce il sole.' f. 14. 5. 'Senza il caro e dolce sguardo.' f. 18. 6. 'Messaggier deUe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (106 folios)

9. Add MS 33965

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 33965
Title:
Original letters of musicians, arranged as in the preceding volume. Among them are letters of:- Dr. Thomas Augustus Arne, Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, Dr. William Boyce, Orlando Gibbons, Henry Lawes, Matthew Locke, André Ernest Modeste Grétry, Hector Berlioz, François Adrien Boieldieu, François Gounod, Étienne Henri Méhul, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frederic Handel, Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Robert Alexander Schumann, Louis Spoh...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 E- T- Allan, husband of Mad. Caradori-Allan: Letter to P. F. Laporte: 1834. ff. 1, 372 Pierre François Laporte, actor and impresario: Letters to him: 1832-1841.: Fr. f. 3 Thomas Augustine Arne, composer: Letter to G. Woodfall: n.d. f. 3 George Woodfall, Printer: Letter to, from D...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Polish, and Swedish
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
Extent:

1 volume (418 folios)

10. Add MS 34291

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 34291
Title:
A collection of Italian cantatas
Scope & Content:
1. 'La Viola Mammola: Cantata à Canto solo con V. V., di Ant. Caldara.' In score. Autograph. It begins 'Violetta vezzosetta.' ff. 1-4b. 2. 'In carcere penoso.' 'Agostino Tinazzoli' for 2 voices, in score, transcribed by the Abbate F. Santini. f. 6-12b. 3. 'Dalle tenebre orrende.' 'Giorgio Fede...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (22 folios)