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31. R.M.20.b.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.8
Title:
G.F. Handel: Orlando (dramma per musica after a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece) (HWV 31); 1732. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXXII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/28, 1969). See also the Preface to H-G. LXXXII. f. 89v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For copies see R.M.19.f.5., Add. MSS 31564, 31565; for selections see R.M.18.c.6. (ff. 1-4), R.M.18.c.7. (ff. 2-38). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994)...
Scope & Content:
ff. 89. 9.25 x 11.5in. Points of note: 1. f. 5v. Act I, sc. 2. A ‘Sinfonia. Andante’ of eight bars is crossed out after the stage directions (H-G., p. 7). 2. f. 20. Sc. 5. The recitative (H-G., p. 22) is on f. 52. At the end of ‘Ritorna al suo bel viso’: ‘Attacca il Recit. Angelica. Spera il...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1732
Extent:
1 item

32. R.M.20.b.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.9
Title:
G.F. Handel: Ottone I (dramma per musica after a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino) (HWV 15); 1722. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXVI).
Scope & Content:
Some missing parts of this MS. and of R.M.20.b.10. are in Fitzwilliams MSS Nos 256, 265. Between ff. 14 and 15 is a leaf ruled with staves, but otherwise blank, not foliated; ff. 21v, 48v, 52v 77v and 78v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.b.10.; for copies see Eg. 2918, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1722
Extent:
1 item

33. R.M.20.b.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.10
Title:
Scope & Content:
G.F. Handel: Ottone II (dramma per musica after a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino) (HWV 15); 1722. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXVI). Detached fragments. The MS. contains sections from the first autograph, some of them rejected before the first performance, and material related to ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1722
Extent:
1 item

34. R.M.20.b.12

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.12
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Il Pastor Fido (opera seria by Giacomo Rossi after the ‘tragicommedia pastorale’ by Battista Guarini), HWV 8. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The MS. contains fragments only. Between ff. 5 and 6 and after f. 34 are leaves ruled with staves, but otherwise blank; ff. 1v, 30v, 31v and 33v re ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. ff. 1-3v. Act I, sc. 6 (?5 in the MS.). ‘Ah! che sperai’, recitative; ‘Segue l’aria Di ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1712
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

35. R.M.20.b.13

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.13
Title:
G.F. Handel: Poro (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Metastasio) (HWV 28); 1730, 1731. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXIX).
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Between ff. 33 and 34 is a leaf ruled with staves, but otherwise blank; ff. 17v, 24v, 32v and 50v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.d.2. (ff. 26-27); for selections see R.M.19.a.5. (ff. 40-50), R.M.19.d.11. (ff. 149-152). See also Donald Burrows...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1730-1731
Extent:
1 item

36. R.M.20.c.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.1
Title:
G.F. Handel: Radamisto (opera seria after libretti by Matteo Noris and Domenico Lalli) (HWV 12); 1720. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXIII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, 1997.)
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. In Acts I and II the MS. agrees with Version A in H-G. The recitatives in Act II, sc. 1 and 2 (H-G., pp. 40-42) are on ff. 65 and 45. The arrangement of the MS for Act III is as follows: ff. 81-83 (HG., pp. 168-175); ff. 83v-84 (H-G., p. 191-192); ff. 85-115 (H-G., pp. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1720
Extent:
1 item

37. R.M.20.c.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.4
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 19. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. i is a note by F. Nicolai. ff. 19v, 22v, 49v, 59v, 64v and 66v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 6. Act I, sc. 6 (H-G., p. 7). The passage in dotted brackets is in the MS. 2. f. 17v. Sc. 6. The end of Bertarido’s recitative (from ‘che non è’, H-G., p.21, lin...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1725
Extent:
1 volume (i + 97 folios)

38. R.M.20.c.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.7
Title:
G.F. Handel: Serse (dramma per musica after libretti by Niccolò Minato and Silvio Stampiglia) (HWV 40); 1737-1738. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XCII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/39, 1958). ff. 22v, 35v, 54v and 91v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For an harpsichord version of the Overture see R.M.19.a.1. (ff. 144v-147). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of H...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1737-1738
Extent:
1 item

39. R.M.20.c.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.8
Title:
G.F. Handel: Silla (dramma per musica by Giacomo Rossi) (HWV 10); [1714]. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXI). Fragments of the score. f. 15v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For other copies see R.M.19.d.7. and Add. MSS 31555 and 53341. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1714]
Extent:
1 item

40. R.M.20.c.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.10
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Sosarme (‘dramma per musica’ after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 30. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The libretto was originally called ‘Fernando Re di Castiglia’, and the action took place at Coimbra. The first two acts were set to this book, but the names were then changed. The opera became ‘Sosarme Re di Media’, the action laid at ‘Sardi’, Fernando became ‘Sosarme; Alfonso – Argone; Sancio –...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1732
Extent:
1 volume (89 folios)

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