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2. R.M.20.b.3
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.b.3
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani), HWV 17. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
- Except when otherwise stated, the words only of the recitatives are written, without music. f. i is a preliminary leaf with a note by Nicolai (‘This opera wants all the Recitativ: and seems very incomplete’). Reversing the volume, on f. 154v, is a repetition of the beginning of the chorus ‘Ritor...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1723
- Extent:
- 1 volume (i + 154 folios)
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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)
7. R.M.20.c.12
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.12
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Teseo (‘dramma tragico’ by Niccolò Francesco Haym, after a text by Philippe Quinault), HWV 9. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments of Acts IV and V. ff. 5v and 12v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. ff. 1-3v. Act IV, sc. 1. Recitatives and ‘Voglio straggi [sic]. No ‘Allegro’ is marked (H-G., pp. 69-71). 2. f. 3v. Sc. 2. Recitative (H-G., p. 71) and ‘Benchè tuoni’ ending at p. 73, line...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1712
- Extent:
- 1 volume (16 folios)
8. R.M.20.d.1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.d.1
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Tolomeo (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym, after a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece) (HWV 25); 1728. Autograph.
- Scope & Content:
- ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXVI). Between ff. 29 and 30 is a leaf ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated 29a. ff. 80. 9.5 x 11.75in. Points of note: 1. f. 4. Overture. At the end: ‘Atto Scena 1. Strada di Roma con Arco Trionfale per dove entra Genserico’, etc., fol...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1728
- Extent:
- 1 item
9. R.M.20.d.2
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.d.2
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. II (HWV 49, 22, 6, 20, 21, A14, 73, 27, 27, 28, 12, 19, 18, A5, 25). Autograph
- Scope & Content:
- f. 14v, 16v, 23v, 30v, 34v, 38v and 52v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. ff. 58. 9.25 x 11.5 in. 1. ff. 1-4v. ‘Vivere non amar’. Solos and chorus from Acis and Galatea (HWV 49)(the 1732 version, H-G LIII, p. 80). Only the first letters of the name of the singers are written. The MS. b...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- c 1708-c 1739
- Extent:
- 1 volume
10. R.M.20.f.11
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.f.11
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VII. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
- ff. 7v, 21v and 28v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Arias with Italian text and instrumental accompaniments. ff. 28. 9.5 x 11.5 in. 1. ff. 1-4v. ‘L’insaziabil fantasia risvegli stravaganti desiri’, recitative, and ‘Troppo audace umano stuolo’, air, for ‘Sigr Andre[oni]’. An addition ...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- c 1725-c 1745
- Extent:
- 1 volume