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1. Add MS 31555

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Add MS 31555
Title:
Selections from Operas and similar works, by Handel, transcribed roughly, in score, by Michael Rophino Lacy.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-98, 109-125b. Portions of Operas, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings, etc., and (in the recitatives) basses, generally tigured, for harpsichord, in score, by Handel; apparently all of them transcribed by Michael Rophino Lacy from the originals at Buckingham Palace. 1. Arias, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (284 folios)

2. Add MS 31561

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Add MS 31561
Title:
Handel's "Acis and Galatea" : a Serenata. Transcript, in score, by Christopher Smith, the younger; composer:
Scope & Content:
ff. 159. 'Acis and Galatea': serenata, in score, by Handel. Unlike the copy in Add MS 5321 (above), the aria, 'Consider, fond Shepherd,' at f. 99b, is here written in the tenor clef and assigned to Damon; the first chorus is also directed to be sung by a canto, 3 tenors, and a bass. Apparently in...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (159 folios)

3. Add MS 31567

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Add MS 31567
Title:
Handel's "Il Convito d'Alessandro": the Serenata "Alexander's Feast" with an Italian version of the libretto.
Scope & Content:
ff. 161. 'Il Convito d' Alessandro'; sc. an Italian version of 'Alexander's Feast,' for solo voices and choruses of 4 and 6 voices, with overture and accompaniments for trumpets, horns, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and strings, and a figured bass for harpsichord or organ, in score, by Hendel, sc. Han...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (161 folios)

4. Add MS 31572

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Add MS 31572
Title:
Songs from Operas, all (with one exception) by Handel, in score. taken principally from "Ottone and " Flavio", "Alceste", "Admeto", "Semiramide", "Orlando", "Parnasso in Festa".
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-171b. Selections from Operas, all (with one exception) by Handel, in score. Unless the contrary is stated, they are arias, with symphonies and accompaniments for strings. Almost all of them were published by Walsh. Nos. 1-9, 11-22 (some described as 'Add MS Songs'), 46-50 ('Add MS Songs') ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1734
Extent:
1 volume (178 folios)

5. Add MS 31573

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Add MS 31573
Title:
Rough transcripts, by Rophino Lacy, of a collection of compositions of Handel's works, including: "Magnificat, del Rd. Sigr. Erla", and "Long live the Queen", and various others.
Scope & Content:
ff 1-32b. 'Magnificat’ in A minor; for 2 choirs, with accompaniments for oboes, strings, and organ, in score. Transcribed by Michael Rophino Lacy from the Sacred Harmonic Society's copy (now in the possession of the Royal College of Music). At the top of this copy is written 'Del Rd Sigr Erba,’ ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)