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R.M.18.c.9

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040-001948481

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032-001948397

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0002e3

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R.M.18.c.9

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. IX; circa 1732. Copy. Full scores. Songs in Rinaldo, second version (H-G. LVIII), Giulio Cesare (H-G. LXVIII) and Radamistus (H-G. LXIII). Aylesford Collection.

ff. i + 122. 9 x 11.25 in.

1. ff. 2-56v. ‘Songs in Rinaldo’ [HWV 7], second version (H-G. LVIII). For autograph see R.M.20.c.3.

(a) ff. 2-4v: ‘Furie terribili’.

(b) ff. 5v-12v: ‘Se dal campo’, recit. and ‘Combatti da forte’.

(d) ff. 16-19: ‘Cara sposa’.

(e) ff. 19v-20: Sinfonia.

(f) ff. 20v-30: ‘Venti, turbini’.

(g) ff. 28v-30: ‘Il Tricerbero umiliato’.

(h) ff. 30v-33v: ‘Mio cor, che mi sai dir’, in A.

(i) ff. 34-35: ‘Lascia, ch’io pianga’.

(j) ff. 35v-37v: ‘Fermati, Armida’.

(k) ff. 38-40v: ‘Abbruggio, avvampo’.

(l) ff. 41-43v: ‘Dunque i lacci’, recit.

(m) ff. 44-46: ‘Ah! crudel’.

(n) ff. 46v-48v: Sinfonia (omitting the concluding Largo bars in H-G., p. 83).

(o) ff. 49-52: ‘E [?] un incendio’.

(p) ff. 52v-55v: ‘Orrori menzogneri’, recit.

(q) f. 56: Sinfonia (Act III, sc. 9).

2. ff. 57. ‘Additional song in Julius Caesar’. ‘Io vò di duolo’ (from Tolomeo, H-G. LXXVI, p. 90).

3. ff. 59v-63. ‘Parolette vezzi’, song from Rinaldo (2^nd version). [Also in Giulio Cesare].

4. ff. 62v-70v. ‘Augelletti che cantate’. ‘Song in Rinaldo’.

5. ff. 71-122v. ‘Songs in Radamistus’ (H-G. LXIII). For autograph see R.M.20.c.1. [HWV 12].

(a) ff. 71-72v: ‘Tu vuoi ch’io parta’.

(b) f. 73: Sinfonia, Act I.

(d) ff. 78v-81: ‘Quando mai spietata’ (in G).

(e) ff. 81v-84v: ‘La sorte, il ciel, amor’ (in D).

(f) ff. ‘Che farà quest’alma’ (H-G., p. 162).

(g) ff. 89-92v: ‘Troppo sofferse’ (not in H-G.).

(h) ff. 93-94: ‘Empio, perverso cor’ (in C minor).

(i) ff. 94v-97: ‘Sò che vana’ (in D).

(j) ff. 97v-100: ‘Troppo sofferse’ (H-G., p. 168).

(k) ff. 100v-102v: ‘Fatemi o ciel’ (in G minor).

(l) ff. 103-104v: ‘Vieni, d’empieta [?], recit.

(m) ff. 105-109: ‘Barbaro, partiro’.

(n) ff. 109v-11v: ‘Qual nave smarrita’ (in A).

(o) ff. 112-118v: ‘O cedere o perir’.

(p) ff. 119-122v: ‘O scemami il diletto’ (H-G., p. 106).

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

includes:

ff. 2-56 Giacomo Rossi, librettist: Aaron Hill, playwright and theatre manager: Selections from Handel's 'Rinaldo' to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi, after a scenario by Aaron Hill: circa 1710-circa 1745: Ital.
ff. 57-59 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. 71-119 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Matteo Noris, librettist: Benedetto Domenico Lalli, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Radamisto' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Matteo Noris and Benedetto Domenico Lalli: 18th cent: Ital.

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Music Collections

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Royal Music Library Manuscripts

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040-001948481

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R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts

R.M.18.c.9 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. IX; circa 1732. Copy. Full scores. Songs in…

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Languages:

Italian

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Latin

Start Date:

1727

End Date:

1737

Date Range:

c 1732

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Custodial History:

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

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Names:

Bussani, Giacomo Francesco, librettist
Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, politician, 1715-1777
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Haym, Nicola Francesco, composer poet and theatre manager
Hill, Aaron, playwright and theatre manager
Lalli, Benedetto Domenico, librettist
Noris, Matteo, librettist
Rossi, Giacomo, librettist