ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bianchi (Francesco). Domine ad adjuvandum me festina. Autograph. ‘A 4o Fatto da me Francesco Bianchi in Cremona alli 2o d’Agosto nell’Anno 1773’. With symphonies and accompaniment for oboes, horns, strings and figured bass for organ, in score. In 1873 the property of W.G....
(1-21.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Opera arias; 18th century. In score. Paper. 1. 5 ff. Vinci (Leonardo): (Alessandro nell’Indie) Se troppo crede al ciglio. Aria; with symphonies and accompaniment for strings. 2. 4 ff. Vinci (Leonardo): (Alessandro nell’Indie) Chi vive amante. Aria; with sympho...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Ouseley (Sir Frederick Arthur Gore). Early compositions; before 1889. A volume of short pieces presented to Queen Victoria in June 1889 by Major General Reginald Ouseley. ff. 8. Reverend Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet composer: Music manuscripts: 1836-18...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Bellon (Elisa). Mes premières pensées; 19th century. A collection of valses for piano written for and dedicated to Queen Victoria, a presentation copy. Paper. ff. 18. Elisa Bellon, composer: 'Mes premières pensées', waltzes: 19th cent: Autogr?. Victoria of England: Mus...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: The Passion of Christ (Brokes Passion) (on a text by Barthold Heinrich Brockes) (HWV 48); 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XV; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/7, 1965). Full score. Written in England in a German hand. The tempi of some of the numbers are d...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. Concertos, etc.; 18th century. Odd string and wind parts for various concerted pieces, two named by Vivaldi and one by Valentini. The volume is evidently one of a set of separate parts the remainder of which can be found in the Manchester Public Library MS 850 Ct 51...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Worgan (John). The Royal Voyage; late 18th century. ‘A Serenata. Words by Sir James Marriott …’, for solo voices and chorus; with flutes, oboes, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani and strings, in score. Paper. ff. 74. James William Marriott, alias 'Roger Wray'; author: ...
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Nencini (Andrea). Te Deum in B flat major; Dec. 10, 1840. Autograph. With the English words; written for 2 choirs, each accompanied by 2 full orchestras; in score. Dedicated, with an introductory letter and a preface, to the Prince Consort. [For a contemporary copy see R....
George Frideric Handel: Messiah, HWV 56. Autograph manuscript
Scope & Content:
Handel's working compositional manuscript of his oratorio Messiah, in which he set words by Charles Jennens after texts from the Bible. According to the dates added by Handel to the manuscript, the music was largely written between 22 August and 14 September 1741. There are many corrections an...