Add MS 32674-32676

Selections from operas and two oratorios, chiefly by Italian composers of the second half of the 18th century, with symphonies and accompaniments for horns, oboes, strings, and other instruments mentioned below, in score. Unless the contrary is stated, they are for a single voice. In three volumes.

Volume 1 (Add MS 32674).1. 'Calma del Seno i Palpiti.' '[Pasquale] Anfossi.' f. 1. 2. Recitative (Robinetta and La Rose), begins 'Or l' infelice'; and duet, 'Que dira toute la France si Dandin me trompera.' '[Antonio] Calegari.' f. 13. 3. 'Se cerca, se dice': scena and aria from 'Olimpiade' [1761]. '[N.] Jommelli.' f. 29. 4. 'Forse, chi sa': recitative and duet, without horns, from 'Pelope' [1755]. By the same. f. 47. 5. 'Ecco il sicco busto': scena, with flutes, clarinets, trumpets, drums, bassoons, etc., from 'Achilla' [1806]. '[Ferdinando] Paer.' f. 60. 6. 'Credi la mia ferita': duet, with bassoons, etc., from 'Elfrida' [1792]. 'Giovanni Paisiello.' f. 103. 7. 'Tu di saper procura'; from 'L' Olimpiade' [1768]. By the same. f. 114. 8. 'Per costume'; with bassoons, etc. By the same. f. 123. 9. 'Negli Elisi ombra onorata.' '[J. R.] Zumsteeg.' f. 133.

Volume 2 (Add MS 32675). Selections from operas:1. 'Ah, se t' amo'; with flutes instead of oboes. From 'La Felicita Inaspettata' [1791]. 'Domenico Cimarosa.' f. 12. 2. 'Se cerca, se dice'; with bassoons, etc. From 'Olimpiade' [1784]. By the same. ff. 22-45b. 3. 'Sposo amato': duettino, from 'La Conte' (sc. 'Laoconte,' 1789). 'Pietro Guglielmi.' f. 104. 4. Scena (Fedra and Aricia) and aria, 'Furie d' un cor geloso'; with clarinets, etc. '[Sebastiano] Nasolini.' f. 109. 5. 'Come partir poss' io': duet, from 'Giulio Sabino' [1777] . 'Giuseppe Sarti.' f. 122. 6. 'Se l' anime fedeli': duettino [from 'Farnace,' 1776]; with strings only. By the same. f. 134. 7. 'Se cerca, se dice'; from 'Olimpiade' [about 1755]. By the same. f. 138.

Selections from oratorios:ff. 1, 46. Single numbers from two Oratorios, with symphonies and accompaniments for oboes, horns, bassoons, strings, and other instruments mentioned below.1. Duettino, 'Si, mia vita'; with clarinets, harpsichord or pianoforte, etc., from 'Saulle' [1790]. 'Gaetano Andreozzi.' ff. 1-11b. 2. Scena and aria, 'Io cedo'; from 'Debora e Sissara' [1789]. 'Pietro Guglielmi.' ff. 46-103b.

Volume 3 (Add MS 32676). 1. 'Care donzelle': duet. 'Domenico Della Maria.' f. 1. 2. 'Agitato vedo il Mare.' '[?Francesco di] Majo.' f. 9. 3. 'Se cerca, se dice'; without oboes. From 'Olimpiade' [1761]. 'Nicola Piccinni.' The present MS appears to have been written for a performance by [Gaetano] Guadagni at the Argentina theatre in Rome, 1768. f. 29. 4. 'Resterò, ma pensa': trio, with flutes, bassoons, etc., from 'Armida' [1790]. '[Vincenzo] Righini.' f. 49. 5. 'Pera quell' alma infida'; with bassoons, etc. Written by the same for insertion in 'Vasco di Gama' [1792], of which the principal part appears to have been composed by '[Felice] Alessandri.' f. 81. 6. 'Dolce speme': recitative and aria, without oboes, from 'L' Armida' [1772]. '[A. M. G.] Sacchini.' f. 97. 7. 'Dilegua il tuo timore': duet, with strings only, from 'Armida' [1771]. '[Antonio] Salieri.' f. 110. 8. 'Luci amate'; with clarinets instead of horns, bassoons, trumpets (clarini), etc. From 'Palmira' [1795]. By the same. f. 124. 9. 'Ombra adorata'; with flutes, bassoons, etc. From 'Giulietta e Romeo' [1796]. '[N. A.] Zingarelli.' f. 132. 10. 'Cara, negli occhi': scena and aria, with flutes, trumpets, bassoons, harpsichord, etc., from 'Pirro' [1722]. By the same. f. 144. 11. 'Chi mi da Consiglio'; from the same Opera. Without the words. The 'Variazioni della Parte Cantante' in this number, and probably those also in no, 10, are by [Luigi?] Marchesi. f. 173.