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R.M.18.b.4

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040-001948456

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032-001948397

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R.M.18.b.4

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XII; circa 1735. Copy. Full Scores, unless otherwise described. Various handwritings. Aylesford Collection.

ff. i + 71. 11.25 x 9.25 in.

1. ff. 1-8v. Overture to Sosarme.

2. ff. 9-11v. Overture to Arianna, for Harpsichord.

3. ff. 12-20v. Sonata in G for Harpsichord with two Keyboards.

4. ff. ‘Menuet’ (or rather two Minuets’). No 1 is in H-G. II, p. 143, for Harpsichord as ‘Menuetto 2’. [Op. 3, no. 4].

5. ff. 23-25v. ‘La Marche’, from Giulio Cesare (H-G. LXVIIIl, p. 126).

6. ff. 26-40v. ‘The New Songs of Floridante’ (H-G. LXV).

(a) ff. 26-30. ‘Dopo l’ombre’ ‘Atto Primo. Sgra. Durastanti’.

(b) ff. 30v-32v. ‘Lascioti o bella il volto’ ‘Atto 2do Sgre. Berenstadt’ (H-G. LXV, p. 130).

(d) ff. 36-40v. ‘Parmi che giunta in porto’ ‘by Sra. Faustina’ (printed in H-G. LXXVI (Tolomeo) but said to have been first sung in Giulio Cesare.

7. ff. 41-42v. ‘S’io sir potessi’ ‘Sgra Cuzzoni in Otho’ (H-G. LXVI).

8. ff. 43-45v. ‘Io vò di duolo’ ‘Additional Aria sung by Sigra Strada’, in Tolomeo or Giulio Cesare.

9. ff. 46-50. ‘Parolette vezzi e sguardi’ ‘Additional Aria sung by Sigra Strada’ (printed in the second version of Rinaldo (1731); H-G. LVIII, p. 186).

10. ff. 50v-51v. ‘Doppo il nemico oppresso’ (Scipione, H-G. LXXI, p. 106; another setting).

11. ff. 52-54v. ‘Pregi son d’un alma grande’ ‘Additional Air in the Opera Scipio’ (not in H-G. LXXI).

12. ff. 55-58v. ‘Si dolce lusingar’ ‘Sigra Faustina in Alexandre’ (H-G. LXXII).

13. ff. 59-61v. ‘Dolce riso, dolci sguardi’ ‘Mr Wright in Admetus’ (not in H-G. LXXIII).

14. ff. 62-63v. ‘Mostratevi serene’ from Admeto (H-G. LXXIII, p. 128).

15. ff. 64-66v. ‘Seguaci di Cupido’, from Partenope (H-G. LXXVIII).

16. ff. 67-69. Prelude and Allegro in A minor, for Harpsichord.

17. ff. 69v-71v. ‘Harpeggio’ and ‘Gigue’ (a version of that in H-G. II, p. 92) for Harpsichord.

George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.

includes:

ff. 2-40 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Francesco Silvani, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Floridante' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli, after a text by Francesco Silvani: [circa 1729-circa 1735]: Ital.
ff. 23-25, 43-45 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Giacomo Francesco Bussani, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Giuio Cesare' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Giacomo Francesco Bussani: circa 1725-circa 1735: Ital.
ff. 33-35, 54-63 Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro, librettist: Aurelio Aureli, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Admeto' , after texts by Aurelio Aureli and Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 41-42 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, librettist and poet: Selections from Handel's 'Ottone' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino: 1722-circa 1735: Ital.
ff. 50v-54 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Selections from Handel's 'Scipione' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli: [circa 1726-circa 1742]: Ital.
f. 55 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Alessandro' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli, after a text by Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 64-66 Silvio Stampiglia, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Partenope' , after a text by Silvio Stampiglia: 18th cent: Ital.

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Music Collections

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Royal Music Library Manuscripts

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R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts

R.M.18.b.4 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XII; circa 1735. Copy. Full Scores, unless…

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Languages:

Italian

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Latin

Start Date:

1730

End Date:

1740

Date Range:

c 1735

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Custodial History:

Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford: Bequeathed to by C. Jennens, in 1773.

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Names:

Aureli, Aurelio, librettist
Bussani, Giacomo Francesco, librettist
Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, politician, 1715-1777
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Haym, Nicola Francesco, composer poet and theatre manager
Mauro, Bartolomeo Ortensio, librettist
Pallavicino, Stefano Benedetto, librettist and poet
Rolli, Paolo Antonio, librettist and poet, 1687-1765
Silvani, Francesco, librettist
Stampiglia, Silvio, librettist