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R.M.19.a.5

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040-001948515

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001948397

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000304

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R.M.19.a.5

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XXI; circa 1740. Copy. Full scores, unless otherwise described. Aylesford Collection.

ff. i + 182. 9 x 11.5 in.

1. ff. 2-16v. Selections from Lotario (H-G. LXXVII). For autograph see R.M.20.b.6.

(a) ff. 2-4v. Overture for Harpsichord (the last movement entitled ‘Gavotto’ [?])

(b) f. 5. ‘Soglio degli avi’, recit.

(d) ff. 6v-7v. ‘Son vinto, o ciel’, recit.

(e) f. 8. ‘Sommo rettor del cielo’, recit.

(f) ff. 8v-9. Sinfonia (Act III, sc. 1).

(g) ff. 9v-12. Sinfonia (Act III, sc. 5).

(h) ff. 12v-16v. ‘Alza il ciel’, song.

2. ff. 17-38. Selections from Partenope (H-G. LXXVIII). For autograph see R.M.20.b.11.

(a) ff. 17-19v. Overture, for Harpsichord.

(b) ff. 20-22v. ‘Viva Partenope’, chorus.

(d) f. 24v. March (Act II, sc. 1).

(e) ff. 25-27. ‘Con valorosa mano’, chorus.

(f) ff. 27v-28v. Sinfonia (Act II, end of sc. 1).

(g) ff. 29-32v. ‘Vi circondi la gloria’, chorus.

(h) f. 33. ‘Contro un pudico amor’, recit.

(i) f. 34. Sinfonia (Act III, sc. 1).

(j) f. 35. Sinfonia (Act III, sc. 10) for Harpsichord.

(k) ff. 35v-38. ‘Seguaci di Cupido’ ‘Additional Song sung by Senesino’.

3. ff. 38v-39v. March, in Scipione. For autograph see R.M.20.c.6.

4. ff. 40-49v. Selections from Poro (H-G. LXXIX). For autograph see R.M.20.b.13.

(a) ff. 40-41v. Overture, for Harpsichord.

(b) ff. 42-43v. ‘Fermatevi, codardi’, recit.

(d) ff. 46-47v. Sinfonia (Act II, sc. 1).

(e) f. 48. Sinfonia (Act III, sc. 1).

(f) f. 49. Sinfonia (Act III, sc. 12).

5. ff. 50-61v. Selections from Ezio (H-G. LXXX). For autograph see RM.20.d.12.

(a) ff. 50-54. Overture, for Harpsichord, ending with a ‘Tempo di Gavotto’ in score, not in H-G.

(b) ff. 54-55v. March (Act I, sc. 1).

(d) ff. 57v-58. ‘Che fo?’, recit.

(e) ff. 58v-59. ‘Folle è colui’, recit.

(f) ff. 59v-60. Sinfonia (Act III, sc. 1).

(g) ff. 60v-61v. ‘Misera, dove son’, recit.

6. ff. 62-182v. Sosarme (H-G. LXXXI). The secco recitatives omitted and the first two movements of the Overture arranged for Harpsichord. For autograph see R.M.20.c.10.

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

includes:

ff. 1-16 Antonio Salvi, librettist: Giacomo Rossi, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Lotario' to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi, after a text by Antonio Salvi: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 17-35 Silvio Stampiglia, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Partenope' , after a text by Silvio Stampiglia: 18th cent: Ital.
ff.38v-39 Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Selections from Handel's 'Scipione' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli: [circa 1726-circa 1742]: Ital.
ff. 40-50 Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio, poet and librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Poro' , after a text by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 51-61 Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio, poet and librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Ezio' , after a text by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 62-182 Antonio Salvi, librettist: Handel's 'Sosarme' after a text by Antonio Salvi: 1732: Ital.

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Music Collections

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Royal Music Library Manuscripts

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032-001948397
040-001948515

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R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts

R.M.19.a.5 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XXI; circa 1740. Copy. Full scores, unless…

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Languages:

Italian

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1735

End Date:

1745

Date Range:

c 1740

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Custodial History:

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

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

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Names:

Finch, Heneage, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, politician, 1715-1777
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Metastasio, Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura, poet and librettist, 1698-1782
Rolli, Paolo Antonio, librettist and poet, 1687-1765
Rossi, Giacomo, librettist
Salvi, Antonio, librettist
Stampiglia, Silvio, librettist