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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
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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...
G.F. Handel: Alexander’s Feast (libretto by Newburgh Hamilton after a text by John Dryden) (HWV 75); 1736. Autograph.
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/1, 1957). Between ff. 47 and 48 is a leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 47a; ff. 70v and 88v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. The following names of singers occur in the MS.: ‘Sigra. Strada’...
G.F. Handel: L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato (oratorio by Charles Jennes after John Milton) (HWV 55); 1740. Autograph.
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft VI; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/6, 1962). Between ff. 26 and 27, and 59 and 60 are leaves ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated respectively 26a and 59a; ff. 20v and 26v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. The names of the singers at t...
George Frideric Handel: Anthems II and Te Deum, HWV 248, 255, 281. Autograph
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ff. 19v, 23v and 115v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-23. ‘Have mercy upon me’. ‘Ψ 51’. (H-G. XXXIV, p. 79). f. 11: ‘Against Thee only’. No tempo marked. f. 19: End of ‘Make me a clean heart’ (H-G., 103). f. 19v: Blank. f. 20: ‘Then shall I teach’ (H-G., p. 104) marked ‘All...
George Frideric Handel: Anthems IV. Anthem for Queen Caroline’s Funeral (The Ways of Zion, HWV 264. Autograph
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Italian words are added throughout, sometimes in pencil, with altered notes to fit the Italian text. At end a folio ruled with stave but otherwise blank (f. 48a). Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘Largo assai’. Several bars are cancelled (in pencil) between bars 2 and 3, line 3 of H-G., p.1. 2. f. 2...
Cantatas and French Songs for a single voice and Continuo. Between ff. 14 and 15, 69 and 70, 78 and 79 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 14a, 69a, 78a; ff 4v, 8v, 12v, 31v and 39v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank; on f. 27v is the sketch of an...
Cantatas for a Single voice and Continuo. Between ff. 42 and 43 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 42a; ff. 6, 12v, 27v, 30v, 39v and 50v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. f. 24 is a small slip (possibly a former flyleaf of the volume) with a note in the h...
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas III. Tra le fiamme (cantata on a text by Benedetto Pamphili, HWV 170. Autograph
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Cantata for Soprano, Viola da Gamba and Orchestra. At the end is another leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 14a. 1. ff. 1-14v. ‘Tra le fiamme’. (H-G. LII b, p. 66). includes: ff. 1-14 Benedetto Pamphili, Cardinal, writer: Handel's Cantata 'Tra le fiamme' (HWV170) to a text ...
Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 25 and 26, 68 and 69 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 25a and 68a; ff. 1v, 10v, 29v, 55v, 68v and 74v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. f. 1-10v. ‘Armida abbandonata. Cantata a voce S...
Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 71 and 72 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 71a; ff. 30v, 38v, 58v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. f. i is an inserted leaf with a note in the hand of F. Nicolai. 1. ff. 1-30. ‘Arresta il passo’ ("...
