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281. R.M.20.f.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.6
Title:
G.F. Handel: Samson (oratorio by Newburgh Hamilton after texts by John Milton) (HWV 57); 1741, 1742. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft X). See also the Preface to H-G. According to Barclay Squire the MS. is foliated throughout in pencil by Handel, but Winton Dean, Handel’s Dramatic Oratorios and Masques, London, 1959, p. 362, thinks the foliation is much later. It contains stage dire...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1741-1742
Extent:
1 item

282. R.M.20.f.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Semele (oratorio after a text by William Congreve), HWV 58. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 5, 12, 79v and 117 are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘Ouverture’. ‘[Here is the astrological symbol for Thursday]. angefangen den 3. June 1743’. 2. f. 4v. Act I, sc. 1. A version of the opening recitative, for ‘Priest or Cadmus’, which has been cancelled...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1743
Extent:
1 volume (117 folios)

283. R.M.20.f.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.8
Title:
G.F. Handel: Susanna (oratorio, author of the text unknown) (HWV 66); 1748. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft I; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/28, 1967). f. 49v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.f.12. (ff. 26-31); for a copy see R.M.18.f.4. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: C...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1748
Extent:
1 item

284. R.M.20.f.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.9
Title:
G.F. Handel: Theodora (oratorio by Thomas Morell after a text by Robert Boyle) (HWV 68); 1749. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft VIII.)
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. ff. 41v, 48v, 56v and 113v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For a copy see R.M.18.f.6. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 158-160. ff. 113. 9.25 x 11.75in. Points of note: ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1749
Extent:
1 item

285. R.M.20.f.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.10
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo (oratorio by Benedetto Pamphili), HWV 46. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Fragments of the 1737 version. The Overture (on ff. 69-78) and many notes and corrections in Handel’s autograph. Between ff. 16 and 17 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, not foliated; f.19v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘Qual veggo il...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1737
Extent:
1 volume (39 folios)

286. 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

287. R.M.20.f.12

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.12
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VI. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1735-c 1750
Extent:
1 volume ([i] + 51 folios)

288. R.M.20.f.13

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.f.13
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Songs (German Arias) (on text by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, from "Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott" (Hamburg, 1724)), HWV 202-210. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
German
Date Range:
c 1729
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

289. R.M.20.g.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.1
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Anthems IV. As pants the hart (Chapel Royal Anthem HWV 251c). Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 3v and 24v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘As pants the hart’ ‘Ψ. 42.’ (H-G., p. 239). 2. f. 3. The last three bars of the orchestral Introduction (H-G., p. 241) are crossed out (in pencil) and three bars are pencilled in, the last marked ‘Adagio’ and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1720]
Extent:
1 volume (i + 24 folios)

290. R.M.20.g.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.2
Title:
G.F. Handel: Ode for Queen Anne’s Birthday (on a text by Ambrose Philips) (Eternal source of light divine, HWV 74); 1713. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XLVIa; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/6, 1962). For copies see R.M.19.e.1., Add. MS. 35347. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), p. 170. ff. i + 36. 11.5 x 9in. Points of not...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1713
Extent:
1 item