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032-001965742
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CANTATAS AND ARIAS: a collection of twenty Italian cantatas for solo voice and continuo and five Italian arias for solo voice, strings and continuo; 1723. Copied in four different hands: hand A, nos. 1-6; B, nos. 7-19, 27; C, nos. 20-24, 28; D, nos. 25-26. ff. 54, 74, 89-90 and 95-6 are ruled but otherwise blank. In the list below, all are cantatas for soprano and basso continuo unless otherwise stated. Bass occasionally figured (figures added in pencil to no. 2). Catalogue numbers for cantatas by Benedetto Marcello are taken from E. Selfridge-Field, The Music of Benedetto and Alessandro Marcello: a Thematic Catalogue (Oxford, 1990). Inscribed on f. i, ‘Willoughby Bertie, Florence, May:16:1723’, and in another hand, ‘afterwards 3d Earl of Abingdon’: Willoughby Bertie (1692-1760) succeeded as Earl in 1743. Inherited by Thomas Goff, descended from the Earls of Abingdon on his mother’s side, and given by him to Raymond Leppard circa 1960. See R. Strohm, ‘A Book of Cantatas and Arias Bought in Florence, 1723’, British Library Journal, xxi (1995), pp. 184-201, who identifies hand A with MS 127 in the Royal Academy of Music. Purchased at Phillips, 25 May 1994, lot no. 125.

Paper; ff. ii+113. Largest size, 175 x 240mm. Various paper types and stave rulings. Semi-limp parchment binding, with ‘Arie Florence 1723’ written on the spine.

1. ff. 1-4v. ‘Amante in Prigione a Filli’ by Andrea Fiorè, for alto and continuo. Text begins: ‘Una cara ed una ingrata’. ‘No. 1’ on bottom right corner.

2. ff. 5-8v. ‘Saria pur dolce amor’ by Benedetto Marcello, for alto and continuo, A301.

3. ff. 9-12v. ‘Se pari è la tua fè’ by Handel. The second version of this cantata, HWV 158b in Händel-Handbuch, Band 2 (Kassel, 1984).

4. ff. 13-16v. ‘Ch’io respiri, ch’io viva’, Anon.

5. ff. 17-20v. ‘Vissi gran’ tempo, o’amara rimembranza’, Anon.

6. ff. 21-24. ‘D’Amarilli vezzosa mentre in placido sonno’, inscribed ‘Del Sigr Hendel’, but in fact not Handel’s cantata ‘Amarilli vezzosa appunto in questo’, HWV 82.

7. ff. 25-28v. ‘Deh, volate all’idol mio’ by B. Marcello, A86.

8. ff. 29-32v. ‘Se i mesti miei sospiri’ by B. Marcello, A307a.

9. ff. 33-36. ‘Basta che in voi m’affissi’ by B. Marcello, A40.

10. ff. 37-40. ‘Quanto mai sarei felice’ by B. Marcello, A281.

11. ff. 41-44. ‘Fileno, idolo mio’ by A. Fiorè.

12. ff. 45-49v. ‘A lasciar del Sebeto’ by Martino de Leonardis.

13. ff. 51-53v. ‘Entro un boschetto aprico’, Anon.

14. ff. 55-58. ‘Da quel’ alta Beltà’ by Stefano Leporati (also found, without an attribution to a composer, in Darmstadt, Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek, Mus.Ms.1228).

15. ff. 59-62v. ‘Piange la rondinella’, Anon., for alto and continuo.

16. ff. 63-68. ‘Se con un lungo piangere’ by Lorenzo Bonuccelli.

17. ff. 69-73v. ‘E questo è Amor’ by Lorenzo Bonucelli.

18. ff. 75-79v. ‘E sempre, e quando parti’ by Bonucelli, for alto and continuo.

19. ff. 81-84v. ‘E ver che a noi vicina’, Anon.

20. ff. 85-88v. ‘Cara, qualor mi giri lusinghiera’, attributed to Francesco Mancini in Münster, Diözesanbibliothek, Santini Hs 2460 and Naples, Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Music, MS C. 184.

21. ff. 91-92. ‘Ho una pena intorno al core’ [by Alessandro Scarlatti]. For another copy, see Add. 31512, f. 27.

22. f. 93. Aria ‘Voi tacete? rispondete’, Anon.

23. ff. 93v-94v. Aria ‘Se si potesse amar’, Anon.

24. ff. 97-99v. Aria ‘Se quella che à me dai legge di non ferir’, Anon., for soprano, strings and continuo.

25. ff. 101-101v. Aria ‘So che grande è’l tuo dolore’, [by Giusepe Maria Orlandini?], for bass voice, strings and continuo.

26. ff. 102-105. Aria ‘Tra tempeste moleste’ [from Griselda by Giuseppe Maria Orlandini] for soprano, strings and continuo.

27. ff. 106-109. Aria ‘In me se vuò celarlo’ by Francesco Gasparini, for soprano, strings and continuo.

28. ff. 110-112v. Aria ‘Languidetto l’usignolo’, Anon., for soprano, strings and continuo.

Scope & Content:

includes:

  • ff. 1-4v, 41-44 Andrea Stefano Fiorè, composer: Two cantatas: 1723: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 5-8v, 25-40 Benedetto Marcello, composer: Four cantatas: 1723: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 9-12v George Frideric Handel, composer: Cantata 'Se pari è la tua fè': 1723: Ital: Copy.
  • f. 45 Martino de Leonardis, composer: Cantata 'A lasciar del Sebeto': 1723: Ital: Copy.
  • f. 55 Stefano Leporati, composer: Cantata 'Da quel' alta Beltà': 1723: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 63-79v Lorenzo Bonucelli, composer: 3 cantatas: 1723: Ital: Copy.
  • f. 85 Francesco Mancini, composer: Cantata 'Cara qualor mi giri': 1723: Ital: Copy.
  • f. 91 Alessandro Scarlatti, composer: Cantata 'Ho una pena intorno al core': 1723: Ital: Copy.
  • ff. 101-105 Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, composer: 2 arias: 1723: Ital: Copy.
  • f. 106 Francesco Gasparini, composer: Aria 'In me se vuò celarlo': 1723: Ital: Copy.

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Languages:
English
Italian
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1723
End Date:
1723
Date Range:
1723
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CE
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Custodial History:

Raymond John Leppard, conductor: Owner in 1960-1994.

Thomas R. C. Goff, harpsichord maker: Owner in 1950s.

Willoughby Bertie, 3rd Earl of Abingdon: Owner in 1723-1760.

Material Type:
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Names:
Bertie, Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Abingdon
Bonucelli, Lorenzo, composer
Fiorè, Andrea Stefano, composer, 1686-1732
Gasparini, Francesco, composer, 1661-1727
Goff, Thomas R C, harpsichord maker and lawyer, 1898-1975
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Leonardis, Martino de, composer
Leporati, Stefano, composer
Leppard, Raymond John, conductor, harpsichordist, and arranger, 1927-2019
Mancini, Francesco, composer
Marcello, Benedetto, composer
Orlandini, Giuseppe Maria, composer
Scarlatti, Alessandro, composer, 1660-1725