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R.M.18.c.8

Record Id:

040-001948480

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001948397

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0002e2

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ISAD(G)

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R.M.18.c.8

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Scope & Content:

ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VIII; circa 1738. Copy. Full scores. Aylesford Collection.

ff. i + 172. 9 x 11.25 in.

1. ff. 2-124v. ‘Oratorio del Tempo e della Verità’. The version performed in 1737. See H-G. XXIV, and also ‘The Triumph of Time and Truth’ (H-G. XX), from both of which this MS. varies considerably.

2. ff. 125-135v. ‘Overture of Parnasso in Festa, alter’d from Athaliah’ (H-G. LIV). The second movement is that printed in Athalia (H-G. V, p. 4).

3. ff. 136-152v. Selections from Athalia (H-G.V).

(a) ff. 136-142v: ‘O lord whom we adore, air and chorus, new set’ (not in H-G).

(b) ff. 143-146: ‘The Gods who chosen Blessings shed: first a Chorus, now an Air’ (not in H-G.).

4. ff. 153-172v. Selections from Parnasso in Festa (H-G. LIV).

(a) ff. 153-154v: Sinfonia from Act III.

(b) ff. 155-160v: ‘Tra sentieri di amene selve’, song.

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

includes:

ff. 136-152 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

Project / Collection:

Royal Music Library Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001948397
040-001948480

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R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts

R.M.18.c.8 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VIII; circa 1738. Copy. Full scores.…

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032-001948397[0075]/040-001948480

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File

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1733

End Date:

1743

Date Range:

c 1738

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Custodial History:

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

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, politician, 1715-1777
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Humphreys, Samuel, author and librettist
Racine, Jean, French poet