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R.M.18.c.10

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040-001948482

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032-001948397

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R.M.18.c.10

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. X; circa 1730. Copy. Selections from Operas, in full score. Aylesford Collection.

ff. i + 204. 9 x 11.25 in.

1. ff. 3-10v. Ottone (H-G. LXVI). For autograph see R.M.20.b.9. [HWV 15].

(a) f. 3. Sinfonia, Act I sc. 11.

(b) f. 3v. ‘S’or mi dai pene’, song (Act II, sc. 8, not H-G.).

(d) f. 4v. ‘Tu puoi solo’ ‘The second part of Dove sei’.

(e) f. 5v. ‘All’orror d’un duolo’.

(f) ff. 8-10. ‘Io son tradito’.

(g) f. 10v. Sinfonia (not in H-G.).

2. ff. 11-26v. Flavio (H-G. LIV). For autograph see R.M.20.b.1. [HWV 14]

(a) f. 11. Sinfonia, Act I, sc. 2.

(b) ff. 11v-16v. ‘Bel contento’.

(d) ff. 18-21v. ‘Ma chi punir desio’.

(e) ff. 22-26v. Act III, sc. 4.

3. ff. 27-82v. Floridante (H-G. LXV). For autograph see R.M.20.b.2. [HWV 14]

(a) ff. 27-32v. ‘Fuor di periglio’.

(b) ff. 33-36. ‘Tacero [?]’.

(d) ff. 37-40. ‘Se dolce m’era gia [?]’.

(e) ff. 40v-43. ‘Amor commanda’ (H-G., p. 102).

(f) ff. 43v-45v. ‘Amor commanda’ (H-G., p. 105).

(g) ff. 46-47. ‘Questi ceppi’.

(h) ff. 47v-49v. ‘Che veggio’ (H-G., p. 114).

(i) ff. 50-52. Sinfonia, Act III, sc. 9.

(j) ff. 52v-56. Marche (A) and (B), Act I, sc. 2.

(k) ff. 56v-59v. ‘Sventurato, godi’.

(l) ff. 60-62v. ‘Doppo nembo e la procella’.

(m) ff. 63-65. ‘Lasciati o bella’.

(n) ff. 65v-70v. ‘Bramo te sola’.

(o) ff. 71-74. ‘O dolce mia speranza’.

(p) ff. 74v-78. ‘Doppo l’ombre’.

(q) ff. 78v-82v. ‘O quanto è caro’.

4. ff. 83-91v. Giulio Cesare (H-G. LXVIII). For autograph see R.M.20.b.3. [HWV 17]

(a) ff. 83-85. ‘Chi perde un momento’ (H-G., p. 146).

(b) ff. 85v-86. ‘Belle dee’.

(d) ff. 88-91v. Sinfonia, Act III, sc. 10.

5. ff. 92-99v. Tamerlano (H-G. LXIX). For autograph see R.M.20.c.11. [HWV 18]

(a) f. 92. ‘Doppo l’Ouverture’. Act II, sc. 1, Sinfonia only.

(b) ff. 93-94. ‘Chi vide mai’, recit. Act I, sc. 9.

(d) ff. 96-98. ‘Lascia ch’io dica’, recit., Act II, sc. 10.

(e) ff. 98v-99. ‘Padre amante’, recit., Act III, sc. 8.

(f) f. 99v. ‘E il soffrirete’, recit., Act III, sc. 8.

6. ff. 100-109v. Rodelinda (H-G. LXX). For autograph see R.M.20.d.2. [HWV 19]

(a) ff. 100-102. ‘Pompe vane’, recit, Act I, sc. 6.

(b) ff. 102v-103. ‘Ombra del mio bel sol’, recit., Act I, sc. 7.

(d) ff. 104-106. ‘Ma non che sò’, recit., Act III, sc. 3.

(e) ff. 106v-109v. ‘Fatto inferno’, recit., Act III, sc. 6.

7. ff. 110-120v. Scipione (H-G. LXXI). For autograph see R.M.20.c.6. [HWV 20]

(a) f. 110. ‘O sventurati affetti’, recit., Act I, sc. 5.

(b) ff. 111-113. Sinfonia Act III, sc. 5.

(d) f. 115. Largo, 4 bars, instrumental (not in H-G.)

(e) f. 115v. ‘In testimonio chiamo’, recit., Act III, sc. 8.

(f) f. 116. ‘Nell’amor, nella speranza’. Song, 1st part only (not in H-G.)

(g) ff. 117-119v. ‘Pregi son d’un alma grande’, ‘Additional Song in Scipio’. (Not in H-G. LXXI; a different setting from that of the same words in Alessandro).

(h) f. 120. ‘Doppo il nemico oppresso’; ‘Additional song’ (a different setting from that in H-G., p. 106).

8. ff. 121-144v. Alessandro (H-G. LXXII). For autograph see R.M.20.a.5. [HWV 21]

(a) f. 121. Sinfonia, Act II, sc. 6.

(b) ff. 122-123. Sinfonia and recitative, Act I, sc. 1.

(d) ff. 130-131. Act I, sc. 3.

(e) ff. 131v-136v. ‘Frà [?] le guerre’.

(f) f. 137. ‘Vilipese bellezze’.

(g) f. 138-139. Sinfonia, Act I, sc. 9.

(h) ff. 139-141v. ‘Primo motor’.

(i) ff. 142-143v. ‘D’un fiero tiranno’ (in H-G., p. 119, as ‘D’uom fiero nel soglio’).

(j) f. 144. ‘Spegni O supremo’.

9. ff. 145-156v. Admeto (H-G. LXXIII). Autograph lost [HWV 22]

(a) ff. 145-146. ‘Mostratevi serene’ ‘Additional song’.

(b) ff. 146v-151v. ‘Sento primo le procelle’, song (not in H-G.)

(d) ff. 152v-154. Sinfonia and recit. Act I, sc. 4.

(e) ff. 154v-155. Sinfonia Act I, sc. 9.

(f) ff. 155v-156v. ‘In van ti scuoti’, recit., Act II, sc. 1.

10. ff. 157-185. Riccardo Primo (H-G. LXXIV). For autograph see R.M.20.c.2. [HWV 23]

(a) ff. 157-165. Act I, sc. 1 (omitting ‘Se peri [?] l’amato).

(b) ff. 165v-166v. ‘Ah padre, ah cielo’, recit., Act II, sc. 4.

(d) ff. 167v-168v. ‘Perfido Isacio’, recit., Act III, sc. 1.

(e) f. 169. ‘All’assalto alle stragi’, recit., Act III, sc. 1.

(f) ff. 169v-171. ‘O voi che meco’, recit., Act III, sc. 1.

(g) ff. 171v-172. ‘Alto immenso poter’, recit., Act III, sc. 2.

(h) ff. 172v-179v. ‘Atterrato il muro cada’.

(i) ff. 180-183v. ‘Alla vittoria’.

(j) ff. 184-185. ‘Marchia’ [?].

11. ff. 185v-188v. Siroe (H-G. LXXV). For autograph see R.M.20.c.9. [HWV 24]

(a) f. 185v. Largo (Introduzione, Act I).

(b) f. 186. ‘A te Nume’ recit, Act I, sc.1.

(d) ff. 187v-188v. Sinfonia, Act III, sc. 13.

12. ff. 189-204v. Tolomeo (H-G. LXXVI). For autograph see R.M.20.d.1. [HWV 25]

(a) ff. 189-190v. ‘Orgoglioso elemento’, recit. Act I, sc. 1.

(b) ff. 191-193v. ‘Aure portate’.

(d) ff. 196v-197. ‘Madre pagasti’, recit., Act III, sc. 1.

(e) ff. 197v-200v. ‘Senza il suo bene’.

(f) ff. 201-204v. ‘Applauda ogn’uno’.

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

includes:

ff. 3-10 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. 11-26 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.
ff. 27-82 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Francesco Silvani, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Floridante' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli, after a text by Francesco Silvani: [circa 1729-circa 1735]: Ital.
ff. 83-88 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. 92-100 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Agostino Piovene, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Tamerlano' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Agostino Piovene: [circa 1729-circa 1739]: Ital.
ff. 100-109 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Antonio Salvi, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Rodelinda' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Antonio Salvi: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 110-120 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Selections from Handel's 'Scipione' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli: [circa 1726-circa 1742]: Ital.
ff. 121-144 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Alessandro' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli, after a text by Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 145-156 Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro, librettist: Aurelio Aureli, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Admeto' , after texts by Aurelio Aureli and Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 157-184 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Francesco Briani, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Riccardo I' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli, after a text by Francesco Briani: [circa 1729-circa 1742]: Ital.
ff. 185v-188 Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio, poet and librettist: Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Selections from Handel's 'Siroe' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio: [circa1729-circa 1742]: Ital.
ff. 189-204 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Carlo Sigismondo Capece, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Tolomeo' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Carlo Sigismondo Capece: [circa 1728-circa 1739]: Ital.

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R.M.18.c.10 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. X; circa 1730. Copy. Selections from Operas, in…

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1725

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1735

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c 1730

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

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Names:

Aureli, Aurelio, librettist
Briani, Francesco, librettist
Bussani, Giacomo Francesco, librettist
Capece, Carlo Sigismondo, librettist
Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, politician, 1715-1777
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Haym, Nicola Francesco, composer poet and theatre manager
Mauro, Bartolomeo Ortensio, librettist
Metastasio, Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura, poet and librettist, 1698-1782
Noris, Matteo, librettist
Pallavicino, Stefano Benedetto, librettist and poet
Piovene, Agostino, librettist
Rolli, Paolo Antonio, librettist and poet, 1687-1765
Salvi, Antonio, librettist
Silvani, Francesco, librettist