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036-002023691 Subject Oratorios Level [40] File

1. Add MS 31568

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"Oratorio del Tempo e della Verità", apparently in the revised and rewritten form, in various hands, including suspected Handel's.
Scope & Content:
ff. 131. ['II Trionfo] del Tempo e della Verità': Oratorio in three parts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for flutes, oboes, horns, trumpets, drums, strings and organ, in score, by Handel. The words (as far as they go) and a considerable portion of the music are t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1737
Extent:
1 volume (131 folios)

2. Add MS 31570

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'Jephtha': Oratorio in three acts, in score, by Handel; being the copy used by Dr. Samuel Arnold in the preparation of his edition of the work, after 1786.
Scope & Content:
ff. 225. 'Jephtha': Oratorio in three acts, for solo voices and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, oboes, flutes, strings, and harpsichord or organ, in score, by Handel; being the copy used by Dr. Samuel Arnold in the preparation of his edition of the work [after 1786]. He has...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)

3. Add MS 31560

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Handel's 'Esther, an Oratorio' or 'Haman and Mordecai, a masque', in score, transcribed by John Christopher Smith, the younger.
Scope & Content:
ff. 110. 'Esther, an Oratorio,' or more properly speaking, 'Haman and Mordecai, a masque'; for solo voices and 8-part chorus, with symphonies and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, oboes, bassoons, harp, and strings, in full score, by Handel. It is a transcript of the earlier form of the work, w...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (110 folios)

4. Add MS 31573

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Rough transcripts, by Rophino Lacy, of a collection of compositions of Handel's works, including: "Magnificat, del Rd. Sigr. Erla", and "Long live the Queen", and various others.
Scope & Content:
ff 1-32b. 'Magnificat’ in A minor; for 2 choirs, with accompaniments for oboes, strings, and organ, in score. Transcribed by Michael Rophino Lacy from the Sacred Harmonic Society's copy (now in the possession of the Royal College of Music). At the top of this copy is written 'Del Rd Sigr Erba,’ ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)