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R.M.18.c.4

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040-001948476

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032-001948397

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R.M.18.c.4

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. IV; circa 1735. Copy. Full scores, unless otherwise stated. Aylesford Collection. Selections from the second version of Pastor Fido, with its Prologue, Terpsicore (H-G. LXXXIV), and from a few other works. The contemporary list of contents gives the sources from which the various numbers were adapted. The references in the following list are to H-G. LXXXIV, except when other volumes are quoted.

ff. i + 114. 9 x 11.25 in.

1. ff. 2-7v. Overture (p. 69).

2. ff. 8-9v. ‘Fato crudo’, recit. (p. 77).

3. ff. 10-11. ‘Fra gelsomini’. song (p. 78).

4. ff. 11v. ‘O quanto bella gloria’, ‘Chorus, first in Parnasso in Festa’ (H-G. LIV, p. 61).

5. f. 22. ‘Caro amor’, song (p. 103), ‘1st in Theseus’ (H-G. LX, p. 74).

6. ff. 23-35. ‘Torni pure’, song (p. 28); ‘Accorete [?] o voi pastori’, song and chorus (p. 39) ‘1st in Parnasso in Festa’ (H-G. LIV, pp. 54-55; 112-120).

7. ff. 35v-38. ‘S’unisce al tuo martir’, chorus, ‘1st in Athalia’ (H-G. V, p. 49).

8. ff. 38v-42v. ‘Caro ti sono’, duet (p. 51), ‘1st in Theseus’ (H-G. LX, p. 84).

9. ff. 43-44v. Sciolga dunque al ballo’, song (p. 53), ‘1st in Parnasso in Festa’ (H-G. LIV, p. 43).

10. ff. 45-48v. ‘2d Overture for the Harpsichord’ (p. 69).

11. ff. 49-54v. ‘I nostri cori’, chorus (p. 3), ‘1st in Athaliah’ (H-G. V, p. 54), ‘then in Parn. in f’. (H-G. LIV, p. 90).

12. ff. 55. ‘Gran tonante’, song (p. 3), ), ‘1st in Parnasso in Festa’ (H-G. LIV, p. 22).

13. ff 61-68. Prelude and Chaconne (p. 56).

14. f. 68v. ‘Col tuo piede’, song (p. 8).

15. ff. 69-70v. Saraband and Gigue (p. 60).

16. ff. 71-73v. ‘Tuoi passi son dardi’, Duet (p. 61).

17. ff. 74-76v. Air (p. 63).

18. ff. 77-78v. ‘Hai tanto rapido’, song (p. 64).

19. f. 79. [Ballo] (p. 60).

20. ff. 80-81v. ‘Vezzi più amabile [?]’, duet (p. 67).

21. ff. 82-83v. ‘Ah, infelice’, recit. (p. 81).

22. ff. 84-89. ‘Sento brillar’, song (p. 86).

23. ff. 89v-93v. ‘Non vuo mai’, song (p. 96).

24. ff. 94-98. Three Balli (p. 100).

25. ff. 98v-102. Four Balli (p. 109).

26. ff. 102v-104v. Three Balli (p. 114).

27. ff. 105-106v. ‘Replicati al ballo’, chorus (p. 54).

28. ff. 107-109v. ‘Dances n Ariadne’ (H-G. LXXXIII). Probably added for Mlle. Sallé’s troupe on the revival of the opera in 1735.

(a) f. 107. Gavotte (H-G., p 41).

(b) ff. 107v-108. Overture last movement.

(d) f. 109. Musette (from Overture to Alcina, H-G. LXXXVI).

(e) f. 109v. Dance tune (treble and bass only) founded on ‘Bella sorge’ in Arianna (H-G. LXXXIII, p. 114, . The Lady’s Banquet, Book VI, p. 12).

29. ff. 110-11v. ‘Del labro [?] tuo l’accenti’, ‘Addit. Song in Ariadne’ (H-G. LXXXIII, p. 10).

30. ff. 112-114v. ‘Amor nel mio penar’, song, from Flavio (H-G. LXVII, p. 75).

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

includes:

ff. 2-105 Giacomo Rossi, librettist: Giovanni Battista Guarini, poet and playwright: Selections from Handel's 'Pastor Fido' to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi, after a text by Giovanni Battista Guarini: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 107-111 Pietro Pariati, poet and librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Arianna' , after a text by Pietro Pariati: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 112-114 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Matteo Noris, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Flavio' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Matteo Noris: 18th cent: Ital.

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Royal Music Library Manuscripts

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R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts

R.M.18.c.4 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. IV; 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:

Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, politician, 1715-1777
Guarini, Giovanni Battista, poet, playwright and diplomat, 1538-1612
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Haym, Nicola Francesco, composer poet and theatre manager
Noris, Matteo, librettist
Pariati, Pietro, poet and librettist
Rossi, Giacomo, librettist