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R.M.19.d.10

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040-001948560

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001948397

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x00032d

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R.M.19.d.10

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XXV; 18th century. Copy. Full scores. ‘Additional Songs, &c. 1’ (Lettering on binding).

ff. 97. 9.25 x 11.5 in.

1. ff. 2-25v. ‘Ah crudel nel pianto mio’. Cantata (H-G. LIIa, p. 1). ‘Composto a Roma per il Sgr. Marchese Ruspoli da G.F. Handel’. See also R.M.19.a.1.

2. ff. 26-77v. Selections from the 1732 version of Acis and Galatea (H-G. III). [HWV 49^b]

(a) ff. 26-33v. ‘Come la rondinella’. Air from the Cantata ‘Clori, Tirsi, Fileno’ (H-G. LIIb, p. 127).

(b) ff. 34-48v. ‘Viver e non amar’. Chorus and solo, with a note in the handwriting of Victor Schoelcher.

(d) ff. 55-60v. ‘Nel mio core ritorna’. Air (S.) from Pastor Fido, Act II, sc. 8 (H-G. LIX), with slightly altered words, showing that the song (as also (e) and (f)) was introduced in Acis and Galatea thoguh not in the Libretto of 1732.

(e) ff. 61-63v. ‘Lontan del suo tesoro’. Air (S.) from Pastor Fido, Act I, sc. 5. (See supra, notes on (d)).

(f) f. 64. ‘Un sospiretto d’un labro pallido’. Air (T.). Trasnposed with new words from ‘Allor che sorge’ (Pastor Fido, Act II, sc. 2). (See supra, notes on (d)).

(g) ff. 65-66v. ‘Ma quel horrido suono’. Recitatives.

(h) ff. 67-68. ‘Se m’ami, o caro’. Air (S.).

(i) ff. 68v-74v. ‘Affanno tiranno’. Air (B.).

(j) ff. 75-77v. ‘Mi palpita il cor’. Recit. (B).

3. ff. 78-97v. ‘Additions in L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (H-G. VI). [HWV 55]. For autograph see R.M.20.d.5.

(a) ff. 78-79v. ‘Thou held in holy passion still’. Recitatives.

(b) ff. 80-82v. ‘Far from all resorth of mirth’. Air (S.).

(d) ff. 86-87v. ‘Mountains on whose barren breast’. Recit. (S.).

(e) ff. 88-92v. ‘Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy’. Air (S.).

(f) ff. 93-96v. ‘Orpheus self may heave his head’. Air (S.).

(g) f. 97. ‘May at last my weary age’. Air (S.).

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

includes:

ff. 2-25 Francesco Maria Ruspoli, Marquess: Handel's cantata "Ah crudel nel pianto mio" (HWV 78) dedicated to: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 26-77 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. 26-77v Victor Schoelcher, French politician and writer on music: Handel's "Acis and Galatea" with annotations by: 19th cent: Ital.
ff. 55-64 Giacomo Rossi, librettist: Giovanni Battista Guarini, poet and playwright: Selections from Handel's 'Pastor Fido' to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi, after a text by Giovanni Battista Guarini: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 78-97 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.

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Music Collections

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Royal Music Library Manuscripts

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032-001948397
040-001948560

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R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts

R.M.19.d.10 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XXV; 18th century. Copy. Full scores.…

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Languages:

English
Italian

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Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

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Names:

Gay, John, poet and playwright, 1685-1732
Guarini, Giovanni Battista, poet, playwright and diplomat, 1538-1612
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Hughes, John, librettist
Jennens, Charles, author and librettist, 1700-1773
Milton, John, poet, 1608-1674
Pope, Alexander, poet
Rossi, Giacomo, librettist
Ruspoli, Francesco Maria, Marquess
Schoelcher, Victor, French politician and writer on music