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R.M.18.c.5
- Record Id:
- 040-001948477
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0002df
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- R.M.18.c.5
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. V; circa 1736. Copy. Full scores, unless otherwise stated. Aylesford Collection. Selections from Atalanta (H-G. LXXXVII), the 1732 version of Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (H-G. LIII), and a later alteration of the 1732 version of Esther (H-G. XLI).
ff. i + 113. 9 x 11.25 in.
1. ff. 1-14v. Atalanta (H-G. LXXXVII).
(a) ff. 2-5v: Overture (Harpsichord).
(b) ff. 6-11v: ‘Tu solcasti’. Song (H-G., p. 69).
(c) ff. 12-14v: ‘Del supremo Tonante’. Recit (H-G., p. 80).
2. ff. 15-57v. Aci, Galatea e Polifemo. The 1732 version (H-G. LIII).
(a) ff. 15-17v: ‘E [?] un foco quel d’amore’. Song (S.) in Part I (not in H-G) [Yes, see Agrippina; also R.M.20.e.3, f. 23?]
(b) ff. 18-24v: ‘Vuoi veder’ (H-G., p. 61).
(c) ff. 25-26: ‘Non sempre, no’, marked: ‘Con viol: unis:’ (H-G., p. 19).
(d) ff. 26v-33v: ‘Provera [?] lo sdegno’ (H-G., p. 28).
(e) ff. 34-35v: ‘Di goder quel bel che adora’, Song (A.) in Part III (not in H-G.).
(f) ff. 36-41v: ‘Contento sol prometto’ (H-G., p. 55).
(g) ff. 42-44: ‘Lieto esulti il cor’ (H-G, p. 59).
(h) ff. 44v-46: ‘Ma qual orrido suono’ (H-G., p. 10).
(i) ff. 46v-48: ‘Se m’ami, o caro’ (H-G. p. 96).
(j) ff. 48v-50v: ‘Del mar fra l’onde’, in B falt and slightly differing from H-G., pp. 48, 99. The second part is marked ‘Largo’.
(k) ff. 51-57v: ‘Mi palpita il cor’ recit., and ‘Affanno tiranno’ (H-G., p. 67).
3 ff. 58-114v. ‘Addit. in Esther’. A later alteration of the 1732 version (HG., XLI).
(a) ff. 58-61v: ‘Tua bellezza’. Song (S.), not in H-G.
(b) ff. 62-66: ‘Angelico splendor’. Song (S.), not in H-G. The autograph is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
(c) ff. 66v-69: ‘Cor fedele spera sempre’. Song (S.) not in H-G, adapted from ‘Dulcis amor’, in the Motet ‘Silete venti’ (H-G. XXXVIII, p. 149).
(d) ff. 69v-73v: ‘Bianco giglio’. Song (S.). A transposed version of ‘Date serta’, from the Motet ‘Silete venti’ (H-G. XXXVIII, p. 152).
(e) ‘Spira un aura’. Transposed from ‘Surgant venti’. in the Motet ‘Silete venti’ (H-G. XXXVIII, p. 156).
(f) ff. 82-87v: ‘Breathe soft, ye gales’, slightly differing from H-G., p. 10)
(g) ff. 88-89: ‘Watchfull Angels’ (H-G., p. 18).
(h) ff. 89v-97v: ‘O Kings of Kings’, recit and ‘Alleluia’ (H-G., p. 20).
(i) ff. 98-105: ‘Tyrants may a while presume’ (H-G., p. 50).
(j) ff. 105v-109v: ‘Blessing descend’ (H-G., p. 64).
(k) ff. 110-114v: ‘Heav’n O lend me ev’ry charm’ (as in the earliest wordbook) (H-G., p. 81).
George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.
includes:
- ff. 2-14 Belisario Valeriani, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Atalanta' , after a text by Belisario Valeriani: circa 1736-circa 1740: Ital.
- ff. 15-57 John Gay, poet: Alexander Pope, poet: John Hughes, librettist: Selection from Handel's Acis and Galatea (HWV49) to a text by John Gay, with additions by Alexander Pope and John Hughes: 18th cent.
- ff. 58-113 Jean Racine, French poet: Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Alexander Pope, poet: Selections from Handel's 'Esther' (HWV50) to a libretto by Alexander Pope, and Dr John Arbuthnot after a text by Jean Racine: 18th cent.
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- Music Collections
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- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
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- 032-001948397
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- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.18.c.5 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. V; circa 1736. Copy. Full scores, unless… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0072]/040-001948477
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1731
- End Date:
- 1741
- Date Range:
- c 1736
- Era:
- CE
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Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford: Bequeathed to by C. Jennens, in 1773.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
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- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Arbuthnot, John, Dr physician and wit
Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, politician, 1715-1777
Gay, John, poet and playwright, 1685-1732
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Hughes, John, librettist
Pope, Alexander, poet
Racine, Jean, French poet
Valeriani, Belisario, librettist