R.M.22.l.1-2. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Paisiello (Giovanni). Il Matrimonio Inaspettato’ late 18th century. Cantata or opera in 2 acts [1777]; with flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, horns and strings, in score. At the end of each volume is a list of the vocal numbers. Paper. Two volumes.
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Giovanni Paisiello, composer: Music manuscripts: late 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng, Lat: Copies.
R.M.22.l.3-4. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Paisiello (Giovanni). Nina, or La Pazza per Amore; late 18th century. ‘La Pazza per Amore. Opera Buffa Tradotta dal Francese …’ [1789]; in 2 acts with an overture; with symphonies and accompaniment for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns and strings, in score. The dialogue is spoken, and the words are given. [For an incomplete copy see R.M.22.l.5.]. Paper. Two volumes.
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Giovanni Paisiello, composer: Music manuscripts: late 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng, Lat: Copies.
R.M.22.l.7-8. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Paisiello (Giovanni). I Zingari in Fiera; late 18th century. Opera Buffa in 2 acts [1789] with an overture; with symphonies and accompaniment for oboes, bassoons, horns and strings, in score. This copy was made ‘Nella Copisteria di musica accosto la pieta de torchi’. Paper. Two volumes.
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Giovanni Paisiello, composer: Music manuscripts: late 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng, Lat: Copies.
R.M.22.l.9-10. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Paisiello (Giovanni). La Passione; late 18th century. ‘Oratorio Della Passione di N.S. …’ [1782, Metastasio’s words], in 2 parts, for solo voices, and two 4-part choruses; with symphonies and accompaniment for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, horns and strings, in score. In the 8-part choruses the orchestral score follows the vocal score. [For another copy see R.M.22.l.11.]. Paper. Two volumes.
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Giovanni Paisiello, composer: Music manuscripts: late 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng, Lat: Copies.
R.M.22.m.8-19. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Piccinni (Nicolo). ‘Alessandro nell’Indie; 18th century. Opera in 3 acts, performed at the Argentina Theatre, Rome, in 1758; with symphonies and accompaniment for, oboes, trumpets, horns and strings. In score and with some separate instrumental parts. Paper. Twelve volumes.
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Niccolò Piccinni, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.22.m.20-21. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Piccinni (Nicolo). L’Amante Ridicolo deluso; late 18th century. Opera in 2 parts, with symphonies and accompaniment for oboes, trumpets or horns, and strings, in score. Paper. Two volumes.
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Niccolò Piccinni, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.22.m.29-31. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Porpora (Nicolo Antonio). Arianna, or La Clava di Teseo; 1735. Copy. Opera in 3 acts with an overture. ‘Poesia del Sigr Paolo Rolli … In Londra 1734’; sung by Cuzzoni, Senesini, Celeste, Bertoldi and Montagnana; with symphonies and accompaniment for oboes, bassoons, trumpets, horns and strings, and a bass figured for harpsichord. Paper. Three volumes.
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Nicola Porpora, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.23.a.1-3. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Porpora (Nicolo Antonio). Enea; 1735. Opera in 3 acts, ‘Poesia del Sigr Paolo Rolli’, performed ‘In Londra 1734’, preceded by an overture; with trumpets, horns, oboes and strings, in score. Paper. Three volumes.
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Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Music manuscripts , text by Paolo Antonio Rolli: 18th cent. Nicola Porpora, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.23.a.4-6. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Porpora (Nicolo Antonio). Ifigenìa; after 1735. Opera in 3 acts, ‘Poesia del Sigr Paolo Rolli’, performed ‘In Londra 1735’, with an overture; with oboes, flutes (traversi), bassoons, trumpets, horns and strings, in score. Paper. Three volumes.
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Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Music manuscripts , text by Paolo Antonio Rolli: 18th cent. Nicola Porpora, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
R.M.23.a.7-9. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Porpora (Nicolo Antonio). Polifemo; 1735. Opera in 3 acts, ‘Poesia del Paolo Rolli’, performed ‘In Londra 1735’, preceded by an overture; with oboes, flutes (traversi), bassoons, trumpets, horns and strings, in score. Paper. Three volumes.
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Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Music manuscripts , text by Paolo Antonio Rolli: 18th cent. Nicola Porpora, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.