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R.M.18.c.6
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- 040-001948478
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- 032-001948397
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VI; circa 1735. Copy. Full scores, unless otherwise stated. Aylesford Collection.
ff. ii + 73. 9 x 11.25 in.
1. ff. 1-4v. Overture to Orlando (H-G. LXXXII), for Harpsichord.
2. ff. 5-8v. Allegro from Concerto, op. VII, No 4 (H-G., XXVIII, p. 123).
3. ff. 9-11. ‘Sino che ti vedrò’, song (S.), words altered from ‘Come se ti vedrò’, in Muzio Scevola, Act III, sc. 6 (H-G., LXIV, p. 33).
4. ff. 11v-14v. ‘Non tardate a festeggiar’. Duet (S.A.). Not in H-G.
5. ff. 15-17v. ‘I’ll proclaim the wondrous story’. Duet, from Esther (1732 version, H-G. XLI).
6. ff. 18-19v. ‘Thro’ the nation he shall be’. Song, from Esther (1732 version).
7. ff. 20-22v. ‘Tyrant, now no more we dread thee’. Song, from Deborah (H-G. XXIX).
8. ff. 23-27. ‘Choirs of Angels all around thee’. Song, from Deborah.
9. ff. 27v-73v. Songs and duet from Athalia.
(a) ff. 27v-28v: ‘Oppression no longer’.
(b) ff. 29-30v: ‘To darkness eternal’.
(c) ff. 31-33: ‘Soothing tyrant’.
(d) ff. 33v-34v: ‘Joys in gentle trains appearing’, sung by ‘Strad[a]’ and ‘P[owell]’.
(e) ff. 35-36v: ‘Blooming Virgins’.
(f) ff. 37v.-40: ‘What scenes of horror’.
(g) ff. 40v-41v: ‘Gentle airs’.
(h) ff. 42-47v: ‘Thro’ the land so lovely blooming’.
(i) ff. 48-50: ‘Will God whose mercies’.
(j) ff. 50v-56: ‘Cease thy anguish’.
(k) ff. 56v-59: ‘My vengeance awakes’.
(l) ff. 59v-63: ‘Softest sounds no more’.
(m) ff. 63v-66: ‘Faithful cares in vain’.
(n) ff. 66v-69v: ‘My spirits fail’.
(o) ff. 70-73v: ‘Ah canst thou but prove’.
George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18-19th cent: Ital, Eng: Copies.
includes:
- ff. 9-10 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Selections from Handel's 'Muzio Scevola' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli: 18th cent: Ital.
- ff. 11-14 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. 15-19 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.
- ff. 20-27 Samuel Humphreys, author and librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Deborah' (HWV51) to a libretto by Samuel Humphreys: 18th cent.
- ff. 27-73 Jean Racine, French poet: Samuel Humphreys, author and librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Athalia' (HWV52) to a libretto by Samuel Humphreys, after a text by Jean Racine: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
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- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
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- 032-001948397
040-001948478 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.18.c.6 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VI; circa 1735. Copy. Full scores, unless… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0073]/040-001948478
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- File
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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1730
- End Date:
- 1740
- Date Range:
- c 1735
- Era:
- CE
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Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford: Bequeathed to by C. Jennens, in 1773.
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- Archives and Manuscripts
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- Names:
- Arbuthnot, John, Dr physician and wit
Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, politician, 1715-1777
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Haym, Nicola Francesco, composer poet and theatre manager
Humphreys, Samuel, author and librettist
Pallavicino, Stefano Benedetto, librettist and poet
Pope, Alexander, poet
Racine, Jean, French poet
Rolli, Paolo Antonio, librettist and poet, 1687-1765