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541. R.M.21.d.3

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R.M.21.d.3
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Anon. [Music for Bassethorns II.]; late 18th century. 7 Divertimenti in separate parts only, for 2 bassethorns and various instruments; some anonymous, others as stated. Paper. ff. 139. 1. ff. 1-32. Set of 15 short pieces (no. 4 by Roeser); for 2 bassethorns, 2 flutes (...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

542. R.M.23.f.12-R.M.23.f.14

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R.M.23.f.12-R.M.23.f.14
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R.M.23.f.12-14. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino). La Superbia d’Alessandro; after 1691. Autograph, excepting pp.40-48 of Vol. I. (according to Kroll). Opera in 3 acts, the characters the same as in Handel’s ‘Alessandro’. It is dated ‘Hannovera 1691’ obviously the date of performance. It is scored mainly for strings, or with bass only, and occasionally oboes, flutes and bassoon. There are frequent indications in the score in French. [For a contemporary copy see R.M.23.f.13.]. Pape...
Scope & Content:
Agostino Steffani, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital: Autogr. Agostino Steffani, composer: Vocal music: 17-18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
after 1691
Extent:
3 items

543. R.M.23.i.13-R.M.23.i.15

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R.M.23.i.13-R.M.23.i.15
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R.M.23.i.13-15. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino). Orlando Generoso; 17th century, 18th century. Autograph first version (according to Kroll). ‘Drama per il Theatro d’Hannover 1692’; in 3 acts with an overture; with woodwind and strings, in score. [For contemporary copies see R.M.23.i.10., R.M.23.i.11. and R.M.23.i.12.]. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Agostino Steffani, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
3 items

544. R.M.4.g.1

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R.M.4.g.1
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Tallis (Thomas). Spem in alium; late 18th century. Motet in 40 parts, in score. With a newspaper cutting pasted on to the flyleaf containing information about its transcription. Once the property of Robert Bremner. Paper. ff. 9. Robert Bremner, music publisher: Music ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

545. R.M.19.c.6-R.M.19.c.7

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R.M.19.c.6-R.M.19.c.7
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Giulio Cesare; [HWV 17] 1725. 2 copies. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXVIII). Full scores. For autograph see R.M.20.b.3; for another copy see R.M.19.f.3. 2 vols.
Scope & Content:
George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1725
Extent:
2 items

546. R.M.22.l.9-R.M.22.l.10

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R.M.22.l.9-R.M.22.l.10
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R.M.22.l.9-10. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Paisiello (Giovanni). La Passione; late 18th century. ‘Oratorio Della Passione di N.S. …’ [1782, Metastasio’s words], in 2 parts, for solo voices, and two 4-part choruses; with symphonies and accompaniment for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, horns and strings, in score. In the 8-part choruses the orchestral score follows the vocal score. [For another copy see R.M.22.l.11.]. Paper. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Giovanni Paisiello, composer: Music manuscripts: late 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng, Lat: Copies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
2 items

547. R.M.24.e.8

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R.M.24.e.8
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Purcell (Henry). Odes; 18th century. A collection of odes in an 18th century hand; for voices and instruments, in score. Once the property of James Kent. Paper. ff. 112. 1. ff. 1-36. Queen’s Birth Day Song 1691, ‘Welcome glorious morn’. 2. ff. 37-60. Queen’s Birth Day ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

548. R.M.20.a.8

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R.M.20.a.8
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George Frideric Handel: Arminio (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 36. Autograph
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ff. 39r, 80v, 81r are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 5. On foot of the page ‘Mitt[woch?] angefangen Sept 15 1736’. 2. f. 26. ‘Fine dell’Atto Primo Sept 19. 1736’. 3. f. 48. ‘Fine dell’Atto 2do Sept 26. 1736’. 4. ff. 71v-78. Act III, sc. 8. The recitative (‘Per...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1736
Extent:
1 volume (81 folios)

549. R.M.20.a.9

Reference (shelfmark):
R.M.20.a.9
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George Frideric Handel: Atalanta (dramma per musica after a libretto by Belisario Valeriani, HWV 36. Autograph
Scope & Content:
f. 68v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 23. ‘Fine dell’Atto 1. April 9. 1736’. 2. f. 44. ‘Fine dell’Atto 2do April 14. 1736’. 3. ff. 51v-61. Act III, sc. 6 (H-G., p. 68). The arrangement of the MS. is as follows: f.51v: Recitatives down to ‘vostro core’. f. 52...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1736
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

550. R.M.23.g.13

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R.M.23.g.13
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Toeschi (Carl Joseph) di Castellamonte. Ouverture Concertante; late 18th century. Autograph. ‘Dediée a Sa Majesté Royale le Prince Regnant d’Angleterre’. Full score. Paper. ff. 29. Carl Joseph Toeschi, di Castellamonte; composer: Instrumental music: late 18th cent: Copi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item