ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Invocazione all’Armonia; Dec. 14, 1843. ‘Coro con soli’, and orchestra. Full score, made by Sir Michael Costa and initialled by him. [For another copy not in the hand of Costa see R.M.18.a.10.]. Paper. ff. 22. Sir Michael Costa,...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Invocazione all’Armonia; 19th century. ‘Coro con soli’, with orchestra. In full score, scored by Sir Michael Costa. [For a copy in the hand of Costa see R.M.18.a.5. and for contemporary copies in short score see R.M.23.g.1.(2.), a...
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...
George Frideric Handel: Berenice (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 38. Autograph
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f. i is a blank leaf at the end of the volume; ff. 41v-42 and 49v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. At foot of page: ‘angefangen Decembr 18. 1736’. 2. f. 3. At the end of the third movement of the Overture: ‘Segue la Giga’. The gigue is not in the MS. (Cf Fi...
G.F. Handel: Ezio (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Metastasio) (HWV 29); [1731-1732]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXX).
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Bound at the end is a note by Nicolai (f. i); ff 9v, 22v and 38v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For copies see R.M.19.a.5. (ff. 51-61) and R.M.19.a.7. (ff. 5-8). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 2...
G.F. Handel: Rinaldo (opera seria by Giacomo Rossi after a scenario by Aaron Hill) (HWV 7); [1711, 1731]. Autograph.
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft LVIII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/4.1 and 4.2, 1993 and 1996). Fragments of the 1711 (A) and 1731 (B) versions. ff. 54v and f. ii (at end) are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also RM.19.d.5., a copy of the 1711 version with numerous autogr...
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...
G.F. Handel: Tamerlano (‘dramma per musica’ by Niccolò Francesco Haym, after a libretto by Agostino Piovene) (HWV 18); 1724. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXIX; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/15, 1996.)
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. ff. 9v, 12v, 50v, 62, 77, 81v, 87v, 99v, 112v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.d.2. (ff. 41-52); for other copies see Egerton 2920, R.M.18.c.3. (ff. 15-22), R.M.18.c.10. (ff. 92-100), R.M.19.a.1. (ff. 120-122). See also Donald Burrows and Marth...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Albert, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. Miscellaneous autograph compositions; 19th century. A volume of rough copies of songs and small pieces, bound up together, all in score. Some unfinished in pencilled script. ff. 54. 1. ff. 1-2. Gruss an den Bruder; April 25, 183...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino) and Marcello (Benedetto). Duetti; 17th century, 18th century. A set of 30 duets, numbered 1-29, with an additional unnumbered piece inserted between nos. 5 and 6. Nos. 7 and 9 are by Pietragrua (Carlo Luigi), nos. 8 and 10 possibly by the same; nos. 24...