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Name Nicolay, Frederick, royal musician and librarian

1. Add MS 45183

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Add MS 45183
Title:
TRIO in G major for flute (ff. 3b-4b, 3), violin (ff. 5b-6b, 5) and figured bass (ff. 1b-2b), in parts, by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composed at Potsdam in 1747 (Wotquenne, Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, no. 150). Copy, apparently unpublished, 18th cent. An autograph manuscript of the work is in the Bibliothèque du Conservatoire at Paris and another copy is in the Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal de Musique at Brussels (see E. F. Schmid, Carl Philipp Em...
Scope & Content:
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composer: Trio for flute, violin and bass: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1, 3, 5 Bookplates and Book-stamps: Nicolay al. Nicolai (Frederick) d. 1809.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 61977

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Add MS 61977
Title:
FREDERICK NICOLAY, FRIEDRICH CHRYSANDER: papers assembled by Alexander Hyatt King in the course of preparing his paper, 'Frederick Nicolay, Chrysander and the Royal Music Library', published in Monthly Musical Record, LXXXIX (1959), pp. 13-24; 1957-1960. Partly printed. Partly German. Includes correspondence with members of the Nicolay and Chrysander families. Presented by Dr A. Hyatt King, Oct. 1981. Paper; ff. 169. British Library arrangement.
Scope & Content:
Friedrich Chrysander, German music scholar: Music: Alexander Hyatt King, of the Music Room, British Museum: Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Correspondence and papers of Alexander Hyatt King rel. to Frederick Nicolay and Friedrich Chrysander: 1957-1960: Partly Germ: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1957-1960
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 69795

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Add MS 69795
Title:
'CAPABILITY' BROWN: correspondence of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, landscape gardener (b.1715, d.1783), comprising mainly letters from patrons relating to commissions, but also including a few letters from Brown and his wife on family matters; 1753-1784, n.d. See Dorothy Stroud, Capability Brown (rev. ed. 1957), Appendix III, pp. 217-222, where extracts are printed from a number of the letters. Formerly owned by G. R. M. Pakenham, a descendant of Capability Brown through his daughter Margare...
Scope & Content:
Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, architect and landscape gardener: Horticulture: Correspondence of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown: 1753-1784, n.d. includes: f. 1 Admiral George Anson, Baron Anson: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1753.f. 2 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1753-1784
Extent:
1 item

4. R.M.20.a.1

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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)

5. R.M.20.a.2

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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)

6. R.M.20.a.3

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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)

7. R.M.20.a.4

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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)

8. R.M.20.a.5

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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)

9. R.M.20.a.7

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R.M.20.a.7
Title:
George Frideric Handel: Ariodante (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 33. Autograph
Scope & Content:
The recitative ‘Ah che questo’ and air ‘Il primo ardor’ (Act I, sc. 11; H-G., pp. 48-50) and the King’s air ‘Più contento’ (Act II, sc. 6, H-G., p. 82) are not present in this MS. ff. 7v, 24, 62v, 72v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. Overture. At the foot of...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1734
Extent:
1 volume (96 folios)

10. R.M.20.a.12

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R.M.20.a.12
Title:
G.F. Handel: Ezio (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Metastasio) (HWV 29); [1731-1732]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXX).
Scope & Content:
Bound at the end is a note by Nicolai (f. i); ff 9v, 22v and 38v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For copies see R.M.19.a.5. (ff. 51-61) and R.M.19.a.7. (ff. 5-8). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 2...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
[1731-1732]
Extent:
1 item