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George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VII. Autograph
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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 ...
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VI. Autograph
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Fragments with English words. f. i was removed during recent conservation work; between ff. 17 and 18, 34 and 35 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank, not foliated; between ff. 43 and 44 are 3 blank leaves, not foliated; ff. 4v, 17v, 21v, 34 and 48v are ruled with staves but o...
George Frideric Handel: Songs (German Arias) (on text by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, from "Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott" (Hamburg, 1724)), HWV 202-210. Autograph
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f. 17v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. First published at Munich in 1921, edited by Herman Roth. All the songs are for Soprano and Figured Bass, with accompaniment of Violin, Flute or Oboe. 1. ff. 1-3. ‘No.1’ ‘Künft’ger Zeiten eitler Kummer’. 2. ff. 3-4v. ‘No. 2. Aria’. ‘Das zitter...
G.F. Handel: Saul (oratorio by Charles Jennens) (HWV 53); 1738. Autograph.
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XIII; Hallische Händel-AusgabeI/13, 1962). The MS. has so many alterations and cut that it is difficult to understand. The following is its arrangement. Between ff. 130 and 131 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, not foliated; ff....
George Frideric Handel: Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278) and Jubilate (HWV 279). Autograph
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The MSS. of both works are foliated in pencil by Handel [?dubious]. ff. 42v, 72v and 73v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 3. ‘tous les Hautb.’ (H-G., p. 3, line 2) is written below the 1st Violin and 1st Oboe part. 2. f. 42. ‘S.D.G. G. F. H. Londres ce 14 de J...
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music III. Autograph
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Between ff. 15 and 16, 24 and 25 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank, not foliated; ff. 1v, 10v, 24v, and 29v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-10. Concerto in D major ( for trumpets and French horns HWV 335a; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe IV/16, 1983) (H-G., p...
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. III. Autograph
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On f. i is a list of contents. 1. ff. 1-6v. ‘Mi palpita il cor’ ‘Cantata’ (HWV 132c). For Alto, Flute and Continuo (H-G L, No. 33, p. 153; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe V/4, 1995). See also R.M.20.e.4. (ff. 1-8); for copies see Add. MSS 29484 (ff. 56v-59v), 31574 (ff. 29-34v). 2. ff. 7-22v. ‘I wil...
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. I. Autograph
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Between ff. 21 and 22, 35 and 36, 38 and 39, 46 and 47 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 21a, 35a, 38a and 46a; ff. 26v, 30v, 35v, 46v and 51v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-21v. ‘Mottetto’ ‘Silete venti’ (HWV 242) (H-G.XXXVIII, ...
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VIII. Autograph
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On f. ii is a list of contents; f. 36v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. ff. 1-13 are copies in Handel’s hand of movements from Antonio Lotti’s Missa Sapientiae [see Music & Letters, 70: 4 (Nov. 1989), p. 537]. 1. ff. 1-9. ‘Gloria in excelsis’ in G major for S.S.A.T.B., Oboe, two V...
G.F. Handel: Solomon (oratorio on a libretto by unknown author) (HWV 67); 1748. Autograph.
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXI). Between ff. 76 and 77, 87 and 88, 110 and 111, 116 and 117, 134 and 135 are unfoliated single leaves, ruled with staves but otherwise blank; ff.32v, 75v and 76v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank [According to Dean, Winton, Handel’s Drama...
