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R.M.18.c.2
- Record Id:
- 040-001948474
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0002dc
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- R.M.18.c.2
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. II; circa 1729. Copy. Aylesford Collection. Harpsichord arrangements, unless otherwise described.
ff. ii + 34. 9 x 11.5 in.
1. ff. 1-3v. Overture to Ottone, ‘as performed’.
2. ff. 4-5v. Overture and opening chorus of Act I of Giulio Cesare.
3. ff. 6-8v. Overture to Rodelinda.
4. ff. 9-10v. Overture to Tamerlano.
5. ff. 11-12v. Overture to Scipione.
6. ff. 13-14v. Overture to Alessandro.
7. ff. 15-16v. Overture to Admeto.
8. ff. 17-19. Overture to Riccardo Primo.
9. ff. 19v-22v. Overture to Siroe.
10. ff. 23-24v. ‘Sgombra dell’anima’, air, from SIroe, Act II (short score).
11. ff. 25-27v. Overture to Tolomeo.
12. ff. 28-29v. ‘Sventurato, godi, o core’ air, from Floridante, Act I.
13. ff. 30-31. Allemande from Suite No. 3, Second Collection. [autograph]
14. ff. 31v-34v. ‘Mi lagnero tacendo’; air, from Siroe, Act II (voice and harpsichord). [autograph]
George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.
includes:
- ff. 4-5 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. 19v-24, 31v-34 Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio, poet and librettist: Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Selections from Handel's 'Siroe' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio: [circa1729-circa 1742]: Ital.
- ff. 28-29 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.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948474 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.18.c.2 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. II; circa 1729. Copy. Aylesford Collection.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0069]/040-001948474
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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1724
- End Date:
- 1734
- Date Range:
- c 1729
- Era:
- CE
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- Custodial History:
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Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford: Bequeathed to by C. Jennens, in 1773.
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- Material Type:
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