1. R.M.20.f.7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.f.7
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Semele (oratorio after a text by William Congreve), HWV 58. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
- ff. 5, 12, 79v and 117 are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Points of note: 1. f. 1. ‘Ouverture’. ‘[Here is the astrological symbol for Thursday]. angefangen den 3. June 1743’. 2. f. 4v. Act I, sc. 1. A version of the opening recitative, for ‘Priest or Cadmus’, which has been cancelled...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1743
- Extent:
- 1 volume (117 folios)
