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6191. R.M.20.c.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.2
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Riccardo Primo (melodramma by Paolo Antonio Rolli, after a libretto by Francesco Briani), HWV 23. Autograph
Scope & Content:
A leaf with Nicolai’s annotations indicated as f. i was removed during recent conservation. ff. 23v, 38v, 39v, 43v, 75v, 79v, 115v, 124v, 137v and 144 are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. ff. 10-12v. A cancelled Scene 2 of Act I, differing both in words and music from...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1727
Extent:
1 volume (146 folios)

6192. R.M.20.c.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.3
Title:
G.F. Handel: Rinaldo (opera seria by Giacomo Rossi after a scenario by Aaron Hill) (HWV 7); [1711, 1731]. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1711-1731
Extent:
1 item

6193. 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)

6194. R.M.20.c.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.5
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Rodrigo (dramma per musica after a libretto by Francesco Silvani), HWV 5. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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)

6195. R.M.20.c.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.6
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Scipione (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli), HWV 20. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. i, bound at end, is a note in the hand of F. Nicolai. ff. 11v and 31v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 10. Act I, sc. 1. ‘Un caro amante’. A cut of two pages hads been made between H-G., p. 13, line 2, bars 3 and 4. 2. f. 17. ‘Libera chi non è’, aria (H-G.,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1726
Extent:
1 volume (i + 101 folios)

6196. 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

6197. 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

6198. R.M.20.c.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.9
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Siroe (‘dramma per musica’ by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a text by Pietro Metastasio), HWV 24. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 62v, 66v and 75v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1v. The lowest line of the Allegro (H-G, p. 2) is marked: ‘Violonc: Contrabassi Cemb.’ The ‘Introduzione’ (H-G., p.6) is on f. 85, crossed out in ink. 2. f. 11. Act I, sc. 5. ‘D’ogni amator’ (H-G., pp. 16-1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1728
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

6199. 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)

6200. R.M.20.c.11

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.c.11
Title:
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.)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1724
Extent:
1 item

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