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651. R.M.23.e.3

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R.M.23.e.3
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(1-17.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Opera arias; 18th century. All with symphonies and accompaniment for instrument as listed below, in score. Paper. 1. 6 ff. Jomelli (Nicolo): In te spero o sposo amato. ‘Aria con sinfonia’; with strings. 2. 14 ff. Jomelli (Nicolo): [Antigono] E la belta del cie...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

652. R.M.18.b.14

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R.M.18.b.14
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Duets; circa 1745. Copy. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXXII). Twelve Duets. [Autographs at Cambridge, Fitwilliam Museum, unless otherwise stated] For another copy see R.M.18.b.11. ff. 82. 13.75 x 10.75 in. 1. ff. 2-5v. ‘Sono liete’. [HWV 194]. 2. ff. 6-13v. ‘Tropp...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1745
Extent:
1 item

653. R.M.20.a.6

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R.M.20.a.6
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George Frideric Handel: Arianna (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Pariati), HWV 32. Autograph
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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)

654. R.M.20.a.10

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R.M.20.a.10
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George Frideric Handel: Berenice (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 38. Autograph
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f. i is a blank leaf at the end of the volume; ff. 41v-42 and 49v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. At foot of page: ‘angefangen Decembr 18. 1736’. 2. f. 3. At the end of the third movement of the Overture: ‘Segue la Giga’. The gigue is not in the MS. (Cf Fi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1736-1737
Extent:
1 volume (i + 77 folios)

655. R.M.20.b.11

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R.M.20.b.11
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George Frideric Handel: Partenope (dramma per musica after a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia), HWV 27. Autograph
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Versions A in H-G. are in the MS. ff. 4v, 19v, 24v, 74v, 75v, 79v, 84v-85 and 103v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 5. Act I, sc. 1. The passage in dotted brackets (H-G., p. 5) is in the MS. At the end of Partenope’s recitative the following stage-direction is ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
1730
Extent:
1 volume (105 folios)

656. R.M.14.a.21

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R.M.14.a.21
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Letter, enclosing ‘See, Erin, a vessel is sailing’; 1849 includes: f. i Victoria of England: F. T. Alphonse Chalumeau de Verneuil, composer: Letter, enclosing his See, Erin, a vessel is sailing, to Victoria from F. T. Alphonse Chalumeau de Verneuil: 1849: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849
Extent:
1 item

657. R.M.18.a.25

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R.M.18.a.25
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Royal Music Collection. Piper (Edward) Le Comte. Alexandra Valse; 19th century. For piano solo. Dedicated to H.R.H. Alexandra, Princess of Wales, a presentation copy. Paper. ff. 6. Edward VII of England; Alexandra: Music manuscripts , dedicated to Alexandra: 19-20th cent. Le Comte Edward Pipe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

658. R.M.19.b.6

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R.M.19.b.6
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R.M.19.b.6. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Israel in Babylon, ‘An Oratorio in score. As it was originally perform’d’ [engraved title-page in each volume]; 1764. A pasticcio, arranged by Edward Toms, performed at Covent Garden Theatre in 1764. [Copy]. Full score. 3 vols. 12.5 x 10 in.
Scope & Content:
Edward Toms, writer: George Frideric Handel, composer: Israel in Babylon, an oratorio compiled from the works of Handel by Edward Toms: 1764: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1764
Extent:

3 items

659. R.M.20.h.3

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R.M.20.h.3
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George Frideric Handel: Israel in Egypt (oratorio on a libretto by unknown author after texts from the Bible), HWV 54. Autograph
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Between ff. 31 and 32 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 31a; f. 73v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘Act ye 2’. ’15 Octobr 1738’. The words of the recitative ‘Now there arose’ (H-G., p. 1) are written, with the Tenor clefs for...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1738
Extent:
1 volume (i + 73 folios)

660. R.M.24.c.13

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R.M.24.c.13
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Byrd (William). Gradualia, Book I; 18th century. Late scored copy of the 1605 edition of the Gradualia, Book I, including the composer’s preface. Once the property of Sir John Hawkins and formerly Dr Boyce. Paper. ff. 47. Sir John Hawkins, writer on musical history: Mus...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item