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271002. R.M.20.b.12
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.b.12
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Il Pastor Fido (opera seria by Giacomo Rossi after the ‘tragicommedia pastorale’ by Battista Guarini), HWV 8. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
- The MS. contains fragments only. Between ff. 5 and 6 and after f. 34 are leaves ruled with staves, but otherwise blank; ff. 1v, 30v, 31v and 33v re ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. ff. 1-3v. Act I, sc. 6 (?5 in the MS.). ‘Ah! che sperai’, recitative; ‘Segue l’aria Di ...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1712
- Extent:
- 1 volume (34 folios)
271003. R.M.20.b.13
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.b.13
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Poro (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Metastasio) (HWV 28); 1730, 1731. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXIX).
- Scope & Content:
- ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Between ff. 33 and 34 is a leaf ruled with staves, but otherwise blank; ff. 17v, 24v, 32v and 50v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.d.2. (ff. 26-27); for selections see R.M.19.a.5. (ff. 40-50), R.M.19.d.11. (ff. 149-152). See also Donald Burrows...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1730-1731
- Extent:
- 1 item
271004. 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
271005. 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)
271006. R.M.20.c.7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.7
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Serse (dramma per musica after libretti by Niccolò Minato and Silvio Stampiglia) (HWV 40); 1737-1738. Autograph.
- Scope & Content:
- ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XCII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/39, 1958). ff. 22v, 35v, 54v and 91v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For an harpsichord version of the Overture see R.M.19.a.1. (ff. 144v-147). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of H...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1737-1738
- Extent:
- 1 item
271007. R.M.20.c.8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.8
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Silla (dramma per musica by Giacomo Rossi) (HWV 10); [1714]. Autograph.
- Scope & Content:
- ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXI). Fragments of the score. f. 15v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For other copies see R.M.19.d.7. and Add. MSS 31555 and 53341. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, ...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- [1714]
- Extent:
- 1 item
271008. R.M.20.c.10
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.10
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Sosarme (‘dramma per musica’ after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 30. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
- The libretto was originally called ‘Fernando Re di Castiglia’, and the action took place at Coimbra. The first two acts were set to this book, but the names were then changed. The opera became ‘Sosarme Re di Media’, the action laid at ‘Sardi’, Fernando became ‘Sosarme; Alfonso – Argone; Sancio –...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1732
- Extent:
- 1 volume (89 folios)
271009. 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)
271010. 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