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MS Mus. 1818
- Record Id:
- 032-003377169
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003377169
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044734606.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1818
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: 'Se tu non lasci Amore', autograph
- Scope & Content:
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"Se tu non lasci Amore", by George Frideric Handel, for two soprano voices, bass voice and continuo. HWV 201a. Autograph score. In ink on paper ruled with 8 staves. Four gatherings, loosely bound with string. Title on score "Terzetto". Together with an autograph letter from King George III to Mrs Delaney or Delany of Park Place, St James, sister of Bernard Granville. Also with an engraved portrait of Handel.
- f. i. Engraved half-length portrait by Georges Frederic Schmidt, depicting Handel surrounded by decorative stonework framing an opening in a wall; on the sill in front of him is a manuscript score. Below are the following inscriptions: "Georges Frederic Schmidt sculp. a Paris". "Georges Frederic Handel Seul Compositeur et Directeur General de l'Opera de Londres Ne'en Saxe". "Ici graces aux doctes veilles D'un Artiste Laborieux. Ce lui qui fait par tout le Charme des Oreilles Fait aussi le plaisir des yeux".
- f. ii. Letter from King George III to Mrs Delaney or Delany, thanking her for borrowing the score of "Se tu non lasci Amore" from her nephew for him. "The King…therefore returns the three scores the two other books that accompanied them, as also the terzetto in the unrivalled author's own handwriting…" Signed and dated, "George R. Queens House Feby. 11th 1785". Autograph.
- f. iii. Unfolded envelope with the King's seal.
- ff. 1-10r. "Se tu non lasci Amore" continuing for 86 bars.
- f. 10r. "Mà con chi parlo oh Dio!" continuing for 6 bars.
- ff. 10v-15r. "Quando non ho piu" continuing for 112 bars to the end. Signed and dated on f. 15r: "G.F. Hendel. li 12 di luglio 1708. Napoli".
- ff. 15v-16r. Ruled but otherwise blank, apart from clefs and key signature added to f. 16r. Paste marks at the four corners of f. 15r suggest that another sheet of paper was formerly attached here.
- f. 16v. Note in the hand of former owner Bernard Granville: "This original is of Mr G.F. Handells own hand writing given by him to Mr Bernard Granville, + is the only copy extant, as Mr Handel told him when he gave it to him, as an addition to his collection of musick…"
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003377169
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003377169
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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iii, 16 folios (1 letter, 1 engraving and 1 score)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MS_Mus._1818 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1708
- End Date:
- 1708
- Date Range:
- 1708
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Score and letter contained in a green cloth-covered card folder within a green flap-case.
- Custodial History:
- Formerly in the collection of Louis Koch. Originally given as a gift by Handel to Bernard Granville (1709-1775). See Burrows and Ronish for further provenance details.
- Former Internal References:
- Music Deposit 2017/02
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Lubrano via Otto Haas/Julia Rosenthal, with assistance from the Friends of the National Libraries, the Friends of the British Library, the Handel Institute (in memory of Anthony Hicks) and the Neighbour Fund; deposited 10 January 2017.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MS_Mus._1818
- Publications:
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- Burrows and Ronish, Catalogue of Handel's musical autographs. Oxford, 1994, p. 267.
- Händel-Handbuch. Basel: Bärenreiter, 1984, band 2, p. 624-625.
- Georg Kinsky. Manuskripte, Briefe, Dokumente von Scarlatti bis Stravinsky. Katalog der Musikautographen-Sammlung Louis Koch. Stuttgart, 1953.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)