1. R.M.20.b.8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.b.8
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Orlando (dramma per musica after a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece) (HWV 31); 1732. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXXII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/28, 1969). See also the Preface to H-G. LXXXII. f. 89v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For copies see R.M.19.f.5., Add. MSS 31564, 31565; for selections see R.M.18.c.6. (ff. 1-4), R.M.18.c.7. (ff. 2-38). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994)...
- Scope & Content:
- ff. 89. 9.25 x 11.5in. Points of note: 1. f. 5v. Act I, sc. 2. A ‘Sinfonia. Andante’ of eight bars is crossed out after the stage directions (H-G., p. 7). 2. f. 20. Sc. 5. The recitative (H-G., p. 22) is on f. 52. At the end of ‘Ritorna al suo bel viso’: ‘Attacca il Recit. Angelica. Spera il...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- Italian
- Date Range:
- 1732
- Extent:
- 1 item
