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3071. 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

3072. 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

3073. 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)

3074. 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)

3075. R.M.20.g.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.3
Title:
G.F. Handel: Saul (oratorio by Charles Jennens) (HWV 53); 1738. Autograph.
Scope & Content:
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....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1738
Extent:
1 item

3076. R.M.20.g.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.5
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278) and Jubilate (HWV 279). Autograph
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1712-1713
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 73 folios)

3077. R.M.20.g.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music III. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1749
Extent:
1 volume (29 folios)

3078. R.M.20.g.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.8
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. III. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1710-c 1725
Extent:
1 volume (i + 22 folios)

3079. R.M.20.g.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.9
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. I. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1707-c 1745
Extent:
1 volume (69 folios)

3080. R.M.20.g.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.g.10
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VIII. Autograph
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1740-c 1750
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 36 folios)

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