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171. R.M.19.g.5

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R.M.19.g.5
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Instrumental music. II.; 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXX). Twelve Grand Concertos, Op. VI [HWV 319-330]. Full score. For autograph see R.M.20.g.11. 2 vols. (ff. 88, 89). 14.5 x 10.25 in. George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

172. R.M.19.g.6

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R.M.19.g.6
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Instrumental music. IV.; circa 1750. Copy. ff. 66. 14.5 x 10.25 in. 1. ff. 1-28. Sonate a tre, Op. 2, Nos 1-7. (H-G. XXVIII). In score. [HWV 386-391]. Autograph lost. 2. ff. 28v-57. Sonate a tre, Op. 5, Nos 1-6. (H-G. XVIII). In score. [HWV 396-402]. Autog...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 item

173. R.M.19.g.7

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.19.g.7
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Instrumental music. I.; 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXI). Six Concerti Grossi, Op. III [HWV 312-317]. Full score. Autographs lost but see R.M.20.g.13 for individual movements of nos 2 and 6. ff. 55. 14.5 x 10.25 in. George Frideric Handel, comp...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

174. R.M.19.g.8

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.19.g.8
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Esther; [HWV 50] 18th century. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XLI). Full score. The 1732 version, but omitting the Viola part in the Overture. For autograph see R.M.20.e.7; for other copies see R.M.18.d.1, R.M.18.d.2 and R.M.19.b.2. ff. 109. 15.5 x 11.5 in. Jea...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

175. R.M.20.a.1

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.1
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (HWV 72). Autograph
Scope & Content:
The MS. ends at the end of H-G., p. 48, line 5, bar 1. The last four leaves of the work will be found in Eg. 2953, ff. 98-101, which contain a long recitative for Polifemo (not in H-G.), the Finale ‘Chi ben ama’, and the date: ‘Napoli li 16 di Giugnio [sic]. 1708. d’Alvito.’. Points of note: ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1708]
Extent:
1 volume (59 folios)

176. R.M.20.a.2

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.2
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Acis and Galatea, (masque by John Gay, with texts by Alexander Pope and John Hughes), HWV 49. Autograph
Scope & Content:
Points of note: 1. f. 5. ‘Oh the pleasures.’ The Alto, Tenor 1 and Tenor 2 parts are written in the Tenor clef. Name of singers: ‘Mr Blackley’, ‘Mr Row’, ‘Hardres’[?; Burrows and Ronish suggest ‘?Rogers’], over which are written: ‘Ten 1’, ‘Ten 2’ and ‘Ten 3’. 2. f. 10. ‘Ye verdant plains’. ‘Sr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1732
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

177. R.M.20.a.3

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.3
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Agrippina (dramma per musica by Vincenzo Grimani), HWV 6. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. i. is an inserted leaf with a note (‘The 1st scena of this Opera is missing’) by F. Nicolai, originally before f. 1, now bound at the end of the volume, after f. 121. Points of note: 1. f. 1. All is wanting before the words ‘a poveri dispensa l’or’ in Act I, sc. 1. 2. f. 1v. Agrippina’s r...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1709]
Extent:
1 volume (i + 121 folios)

178. R.M.20.a.4

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.4
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Alcina (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Fanzaglia), HWV 34. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The text and clefs of some of the recitatives are in the handwriting of a copyst. Some of the Balli, who are missing from this MS, are in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, MS. 30 H 8, pp. 1-8. ff. 21v and 36v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 12v. Act I. At the end...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1735
Extent:
1 volume (90 folios)

179. R.M.20.a.5

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.5
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Alessandro (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli after a libretto by Ortensio Mauro), HWV 21. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The numbering of the scenes differs in the MS. from H-G., which follows the printed libretto. ff. 29v, 38v, 51v, 84v, 96v, 99v, 107v and 119v are blank. Points of note: 1. f. 5. Act I, sc. 1. At the end of the opening recitative: ‘Il nemico fugge dal muro all’arrivo di Alessandro’. H-G. print...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1726
Extent:
1 volume (122 folios)

180. R.M.20.a.6

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.6
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Arianna (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Pariati), HWV 32. Autograph
Scope & Content:
ff. 24v, 82v and 84v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 3v. Act I. The stage directions for scene 1 precede the Minuet (marked Andante). 2. f. 22v. Sc. 11. The last words of Arianna’s recitative (‘mi compiaci…tu taci’) are on f. 57. 3. f. 29. Sc. 12. The ‘Balli...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1733
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)