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1. R.M.20.e.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.1
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Cantatas III bis. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 37 and 38 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 37a; f. 12v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-37v. ‘Apollo e Dafne. Cantata a 2’. (HWV 122) (H-G. LII b, p. 1). First line: "La terra è liberata"....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

2. R.M.23.h.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.h.10
Title:
Steffani (Agostino). Henrico Leone; 17th century, 18th century.
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Inscribed ‘Dramma per il Theatro d’Hannover 1689’, in three acts; with instruments (woodwind and strings), in score. [For the autograph see R.M.23.h.7-9. and for other copies R.M.23.h.6. and R.M.23.h.11.]. Paper. ff. 143. Agostino Steffani, composer: Vocal music: 17-1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

3. R.M.20.g.14

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.14
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music V. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Lettered on binding: ‘Sketches of Fughes [sic] &c.’. 1. ff. 1-5v. ‘Sonata 5’. Op. V, No 5 (HWV 400) (H-G. XXVII, p. 182). Wanting the Air and Bourrée. For copies see R.M.19.f.6. (ff. 35-43v); R.M.19.g.6. (ff. 44-48). 2. ff. 6-9v. ‘Sonata 6’. Op. V, No 6 (HWV 401) (H-G. XXVII, p. 188). All...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1710-c 1751
Extent:
1 volume (i + 62 folios)

4. R.M.23.k.22

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.k.22
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino) and Torri (Pietro). Duetti; early 18th century. A numbered set of 17 duets. Nos. 1 and 14 are by Pietro Torri. In score, with bass accompaniment (occasionally figured) only. Paper. ff. 73. 1. ff. 1-3. Torri (Pietro): Valli secrete. 2. ff. 3b-9. Crud...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. R.M.20.g.12

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.12
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music II. Autograph
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-16v. ‘Concerto per l’Organo ed altri stromenti’ (Op. IV, No. 1, HWV 289)(H-G. XXVIII, p. 1). ‘N. 22’ is written in pencil at the top of the page. Other pencilled notes are almost erased and illegible. f. 5v: The MS ends at the last bar of the Larghetto (H-G., p. 6). On the blank stave b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1738-1751
Extent:
1 volume (74 folios)

6. R.M.23.h.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.h.6
Title:
Steffani (Agostino), Henrico Leone: ‘Dramma per Musica Rappresentata in Hannovera l’anno 1688’, in three acts; with instruments (woodwind and strings), in score.
Scope & Content:
Royal Music Collection. [For the autograph see R.M.23.h.7-9. for the autograph and for other copies R.M.23.h.10. and R.M.23.h.11.]. Paper. ff. 144. Agostino Steffani, composer: Vocal music: 17-18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. R.M.20.d.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.6
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Anthems I, HWV 251b, 249b, 256a, 250a. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 8v, 24v, 50v and 99v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-24v. ‘As pants the hart’ (HWV 251b) (H-G. XXXIV, p. 207). f. 1: The Sonata contains some pencilled alterations by Handel. f. 13. ‘Now when I think’ (H-G., p. 220). At the top of the page: ‘Write the Bas [sic] under thi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1716-1720]
Extent:
1 volume (99 folios)

8. R.M.20.d.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.8
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Anthems III, HWV 252, 247, 253, 246. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 4v, 16v, 28v, 33, 59, 101v and 128v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. 1. ff. 1-28. ‘My song shall be alway’. ‘Ψ. ye 89’. (HWV 255) (H-G. XXXV, p. 1). f. 16: End of ‘God is very greatly to be feared’ (H-G., p. 17). f. 17: ‘The heavens are Thine’ (H-G., p. 24). f. 28: ‘Fine’. For co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1716-1720]
Extent:
1 volume (128 folios)

9. R.M.20.e.11

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.11
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Joshua (oratorio by ?Thomas Morell), HWV 64. Autograph
Scope & Content:
According to Barclay Squire, the whole MS. has been foliated in pencil by Handel, but this attribution is questioned by Winton Dean, Handel’s Dramatic Oratorios and Masques, London, 1959, p. 510. f. 43v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘Introduzione a tempo d...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1747
Extent:
1 volume (104 folios)

10. R.M.20.d.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.d.3
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Alexander Balus (oratorio by Thomas Morell), HWV 65. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 48v and 113v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 3. ‘angefangen den 1 June. 1747’. ‘Alexander Balus returning from the Conquest of Demetrius, King of Syria and Chorus of Asiatics’. 2. f. 21v. After Alexander’s recitative (H-G., p. 38): ‘Segue l’aria nel terzo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1747
Extent:
1 volume (113 folios)