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R.M.18.c.11

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040-001948483

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032-001948397

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R.M.18.c.11

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XI; circa 1742. Copy. Selections from Operas, Oratorios, etc., in full score. Aylesford Collection.

ff. i + 225. 9 x 11.25 in.

1. ff. 2-71v. ‘Songs in Trionfo del Tempo e della Verita ’ (H-G. XXIV). For autograph see R.M.20.f.10. [HWV 46]

(a) ff. 2-4. ‘Fosco genio’.

(b) ff. 4v-11. ‘Urne voi’.

(d) ff. 21-30v. Sonata and recit. ‘Taci’.

(e) ff. 31-34v. ‘Se non sei piu [?] ministro’.

(f) ff. 35-37. ‘Io sperai’.

(g) ff. 37v-41. ‘E ben folle quel nocchiero’.

(h) ff. 41v-51. ‘Voglio tempo’.

(i) ff. 51v-53v. ‘Lascia la spina’.

(j) ff. 54-55v. ‘Voglio cangiar’.

(k) ff. 56-58v. ‘Il bel pianto’.

(l) ff. 59-71v. ‘Come nembo che fugge’.

2. ff. 72-75v. ‘Chorus, Happy we, in Acis and Galatea’ (H-G. III). For autograph see R.M.20.a.2. [HWV 19]

3. ff. 76-87. Rodelinda (H-G. LXX). For autograph see R.M.20.d.2. [HWV 19]

(a) ff. 76-78. ‘Ho perduto’.

(b) ff. 78v-79v. ‘Ombre, piante’ (a different setting from that in H-G., p. 24, but occurs in the autograph).

(d)ff. 84v-87. ‘Verrete a consolarmi’ (not in H-G., but occurs in the autograph).

4. ff. 87v-91v. Alessandro (H-G. LLXXII). For autograph see R.M.20.a.5. [HWV 21]

(a) ff. 87v-88. ‘Spesso suol bella tiranna’. Song (not in H-G.).

(b) f. 88v. ‘Tiranna passion’, recit., and ‘Amo, spero’, duet (not in H-G.).

(d) f. 91v. Sinfonia Act II, sc.6.

5. ff. 92-123v. Riccardo Primo (H-G. LXXIV. None of these numbers are in H-G., though they are all to be found in the autograph). For autograph see R.M.20.c.2. [HWV 23]

(a) ff. 92-95v. Act I, sc. 1, the setting cancelled in the autograph.

(b) ff. 96-98. ‘Bella gia il cor s’accende’, (song, Act II).

(d) ff. 102-109. ‘Son qual colombo amante’, song (Act III).

(e) ff. 109v-114. ‘A chi? misera’, recit., and ‘Nubiloso fra tempeste’l, song (Act III).

(f) f. 114v. Sinfonia (Act III).

(g) ff. 115-118v. ‘Di me non ti lagnar’, song (Act III).

(h) ff. 119-123v. ‘Quanto goda l’alma mia’, duet (Act III).

6. ff. 124-130v. Siroe (H-G. LXXV. None of these numbers are in H-G., though they are all to be found in the autograph). For autograph see R.M.20.c.9. [HWV 24]

(a) ff. 124-125. ‘Vedeste mai sul prato’. Copy of the unfinished version crossed out in the autograph.

(b) ff. 125v-129v. ‘Son come un arborcello’. song.

7. ff. 131-136v. Saul (H-G. XIII). For autograph see R.M.20.g.3. [HWV 53]

(a) ff. 131-133v. ‘Thou, Merab’, recit. (modulating to B minor) and ‘My soul rejects’ (in G).

(b) ff. 134-136. ‘Fly, malicious Spirit’.

8. ff. 137-167. ‘Additions in L’Allegro Il Penseroso ed il Moderato’ (H-G. VI). The following names of performers are given: Monza, Andreoni. For autograph see R.M.20.d.5. [HWV 55]

(a) ff. 137-138v. ‘There held in holy passion’.

(b) ff. 139-141v. ‘Far from all resort of mirth’.

(d) ff. 145-146v. ‘Mountains in whose barren breasts’.

(e) ff. 147-151. ‘Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy’ (in D).

(f) ff. 151v-155v. ‘Orpheus’ self may have his head’.

(g) f. 156. ‘May at last my weary eye’.

(h) ff. 157-162v. ‘L’insaziabil fantasia’, recit., and ‘Troppo audace umano’, song (not in H-G.).

(i) ff. 163-165. ‘Each action will derive’.

(j) ff. 165v-167. ‘Alte montagne’, recit. (not in H-G.)

9. ff. 167v-214v. ‘Overture and songs in Hymen’ (H-G. XCIII). For autograph see R.M.20.b.5. [HWV 41]

(a) ff. 167v-172. Overture.

(b) ff. 172v-173. ‘La mia bella’.

(d) ff. 181-184. ‘V’e [?] un infelice’.

(e) ff. 184v-185. ‘Deh! m’ajutate’.

(f) ff. 185v-191. ‘Sorge nell’alma mia’.

(g) ff. 191v-198v. ‘Consolami mio bene’.

(h) ff. 199-203. ‘E troppo bel trofeo’.

(i) ff. 204-206v. ‘Se la mia pace’, duet.

(j) ff. 207-209v. ‘Miratela, che arriva’.

(k) ff. 210-214v. ‘Se consul a [?] il suo dover’.

10. ff. 215-225v. Deidamia (H-G. XCIV). R.M.20.a.11. [HWV 42]

(a) f. 215. ‘Due bell’alme’.

(b) f. 216. ‘Ma chi sa’.

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

includes:

ff. 72-75 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. 76-87 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. 89-91 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Selections from Handel's 'Scipione' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli: [circa 1726-circa 1742]: Ital.
ff. 92-123 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. 97v-91v 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. 124v-130 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. 131-136 Charles Jennens, author and librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Saul' (HWV53) to a libretto by Charles Jennens: circa 1738-1751.
ff. 137-167 John Milton, poet: Charles Jennens, author and librettist: Selections from Handel's 'L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato' to a libretto by Charles Jennens, after a text by John Milton: 18th cent.
ff. 167v-214 Silvio Stampiglia, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Imeneo' , after a text by Silvio Stampiglia: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 215-226 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Handel's 'Deidamia' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli: 1740-circa 1742: Ital.

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R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts

R.M.18.c.11 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XI; circa 1742. Copy. Selections from…

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English
Italian

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Latin

Start Date:

1737

End Date:

1747

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c 1742

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Custodial History:

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

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Names:

Briani, Francesco, librettist
Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, politician, 1715-1777
Gay, John, poet and playwright, 1685-1732
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Haym, Nicola Francesco, composer poet and theatre manager
Hughes, John, librettist
Jennens, Charles, author and librettist, 1700-1773
Mauro, Bartolomeo Ortensio, librettist
Metastasio, Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura, poet and librettist, 1698-1782
Milton, John, poet, 1608-1674
Pope, Alexander, poet
Rolli, Paolo Antonio, librettist and poet, 1687-1765
Salvi, Antonio, librettist
Stampiglia, Silvio, librettist