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831. R.M.24.c.10

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.24.c.10
Title:
Scope & Content:
(1-7.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Motets; 18th century. In score. Paper. 1. 33 ff. Palestrina (Giovanni Pierluigi da). 12 Motets. A collection of motets for 5 voices; unaccompanied. Nos. 1-5, 8, 9-11 from the first and second parts of the Offertoria, 1593; nos. 6-7 from the 5th book of Motets, p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

832. R.M.19.a.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.19.a.4
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XX; circa 1745. Copy. Full scores, unless otherwise described (Nos. 2-21 for Harpsichord). Aylesford Collection. ff. ii + 98. 9 x 11 in. 1. ff. 1-6v. ‘Ouverture del Sr. Hendel’ (H-G. XLVIII, p. 108). 2. ff. 7-...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1745
Extent:
1 item

833. R.M.23.d.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.23.d.9
Title:
Scope & Content:
(1-27.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Arias and duets; 18th century. All with symphonies and accompaniment for strings (and other instruments as listed below), in score. [All are arias unless otherwise stated]. Paper. 1. 5 ff. Wagenseil (Georg Christoph): Sei nato alle pene. 2. 5 ff. Capua (Rinald...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

834. R.M.19.f.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.19.f.9
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. 19th century. Autograph of Julian Marshall. Presented by Mrs. R. Carter and Miss Marshall. G.F. Handel. Lists of (a) Original pieces in contemporary song-books or single sheets; (b) Unpublished works; and (c) Adaptations. ff. 65. 7.5 x 4.75 in. Julian Marshall, art coll...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

835. R.M.21.f.6-R.M.21.f.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.21.f.6-R.M.21.f.8
Title:
R.M.21.f.6-8. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Gounod (Charles François). Faust; May 5th, 1879. Opera in 5 acts; the full score, with a supplement containing the ballet music to the Walpurgis Night Scene, copied with a prefatory note by Francis Deffell. Finished on the date given and presented to the Royal Library on the following day. [Similar copy held at the Royal Academy of Music]. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Charles François Gounod, composer: Music manuscripts: 19th cent: Classical-greek, Fr: Copies. Francis Deffell, music copyist: Music manuscripts , in the hand of Francis Deffell: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1879
Extent:
3 items

836. R.M.19.a.11

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.19.a.11
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XXX; circa 1745. Copy. Aylesford Collection. ff. ii + 38. 9 x 11.25 in. [HWV 60] 1. ff. 1-32v. Hercules (H-G. IV). Part of Iole. Voice and Continuo. For autograph see RM.20.e.8. 2. ff. 33-38v. Dettingen Te Deum ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1745
Extent:
1 item

837. R.M.20.b.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.b.2
Title:
G.F. Handel: Floridante (dramma per musica after a libretto by Francesco Silvani) (HWV 14); [1721, 1733]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXV).
Scope & Content:
The MS. differs considerably from the version in H-G. The part of Rossane was originally written for a Contralto (Maddalena Salvai), but when the opera was revived in 1733 it was sung by a Soprano. Consequently the recitatives for Rossane in the earlier version are different from those sung in 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1721-1733
Extent:
1 item

838. R.M.20.e.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.e.8
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Hercules (a ‘musical drama’ by Thomas Broughton, after texts by Sophocles and Ovidius), HWV 60. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The MS. (cf. the Preface to H-G.) contains the divisions into acts and scenes of the Libretto, but not the directions as to Ripieni, etc., in H-G. Between ff. 57 and 58 is inserted a leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated as f. 57a; ff. 83v, 98v, 133v are ruled with staves but oth...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1744
Extent:
1 volume (133 folios)

839. R.M.18.b.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.18.b.1
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Julian Marshall: Catalogue of the printed editions of Handel’s works (excluding Händel-Gesellschaft publications); 19th century. In the hand of Julian Marshall. With a few printed leaves inserted, and an appendix of remarks found in some volumes of Handel’s works formerly...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

840. R.M.14.c.21

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.14.c.21
Title:
Scope & Content:
ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Letter, enclosing ‘Blessed be the Lord thy God’; [1887] includes: f. i Sir John Frederick Bridge, composer, organist and writer: Major-General Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, GCB; private Secretary to Qu. Victoria: Victoria of England: Letter to Maj.-Gen. Sir Henry Fred...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1887]
Extent:
1 item