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Project / Collection Royal Music Library Manuscripts Name Burney, Charles, MusD Level [40] File

1. R.M.20.a.12

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.12
Title:
G.F. Handel: Ezio (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Metastasio) (HWV 29); [1731-1732]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXX).
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1731-1732]
Extent:
1 item

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. R.M.20.g.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.4
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. V. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ff. 20v, 33v, 56, 57v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-20. Te Deum in A major (HWV 282) (H-G XXXVII, No 3, p. 109). For copies see R.M.19.g.1.vol.1 (ff. 123-156), Add. MS. 29998. The opening chorus is arranged as follows: ‘Chorus’ (S.); ‘Mr Hughs’ (A.); ‘Chorus’ (A.); ‘Chorus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1714-c 1727
Extent:
1 volume (i + 61 folios)

5. R.M.23.c.17

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.c.17
Title:
Scope & Content:
(1-5.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Opera arias; 18th century. With symphonies and accompaniment for strings, in score. Once the property of Dr. Burney. Paper. 1. 15 ff. Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista): Salve Regina. ‘A Alto solo con Vvni’; with figured bass. 2. 15 ff. Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

6. R.M.23.d.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.d.7
Title:
Scope & Content:
(1-2.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Sacred music; late 18th century. In score. With the bookplate of Henry Hase, later the property of Dr. Burney Paper. 1. 31 ff. Leo (Leonardo): Miserere. Complete setting ‘a due cori obligati’; with a figured bass for organ. [For a contemporary copy see R.M.24.b....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item