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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 31384-31823 Language Italian Subject Operas

1. Add MS 31530

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Title:
" PORSENNA " : an opera in three acts
Scope & Content:
ff. 163. ['Porsenna']: Opera in 3 Acts, with instrumental symphonies and accompaniments (apparently strings only), in score. According to the original fly-leaf, it was attributed to Scarlatti or Lotti. This may suggest it is the opera of that name assigned by Clément and Larousse (Dictionnaire L...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1700-1725
Extent:
1 volume (163 folios)

2. Add MS 31549

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Title:
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)

3. 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)

4. 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Unpublished portions of the opera of Handel's "Rinaldo", transcribed by Rophino Lacy.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)

5. 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)

6. Add MS 31571

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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)

7. 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)

8. Add MS 31573

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Rough transcripts, by Rophino Lacy, of a collection of compositions of Handel's works, including: "Magnificat, del Rd. Sigr. Erla", and "Long live the Queen", and various others.
Scope & Content:
ff 1-32b. 'Magnificat’ in A minor; for 2 choirs, with accompaniments for oboes, strings, and organ, in score. Transcribed by Michael Rophino Lacy from the Sacred Harmonic Society's copy (now in the possession of the Royal College of Music). At the top of this copy is written 'Del Rd Sigr Erba,’ ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)

9. Add MS 31576

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Title:
Concertos, or portions of concertos, in score, including works by Handel, Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Xavier? Richter, Giovanni Battista Martini, Nicolò Jommelli, Francesco Geminiani.
Scope & Content:
passim Movements from concertos by Handel (op. 3 and op. 6). passim Concertos, or portions of concertos, in score (some of them in short score, with figured basses). Except where the contrary is stated, they are by Handel, namely nos. 1-6, 11-14, 18, and 19, from op. 6 ['Twelve Grand Concertos...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)

10. Add MS 31578

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Title:
Songs and duets, apparently all from Operas, in full score; including also compositions, by Giuseppe Sarti, Johann Christian Bach, Giovanni Paisiello, Pietro Terziani.
Scope & Content:
ff. 73. Collection of vocal pieces, apparently all from Operas, with instrumental accompaniments, in score, made by, and partly in the hand of, R. J. S. Stevens. Nos. 2, 3, 6, and 7 are duets. Unless the contrary is stated, the accompaniments are for strings, with a bass, usually figured, for pi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1793
Extent:
1 volume (73 folios)