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: 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...