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R.M.19.d.11

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040-001948561

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R.M.19.d.11

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XXVI; 18th century. Copy. Full scores. ‘Additional Songs, &c. 2’ (Lettering on binding). The volume contains numerous notes in the handwriting of Dr. Chrysander.

ff. 167. 9 x 11.5 in.

1. ff. 2-47v. ‘Songs, and other Pieces in Ptolemy’; an incorrect designation. This section consists of the second (1734) version of Pastor Fido, with the prologue Terpischore (H-G. LXXXIV), printed by Arnold (Nos 159-160) as ‘Masque’. For autograph see R.M.20.b.12.

(a) f.2. Prelude (H-G., p. 56).

(b) ff. 2v-9. Chaconne (H-G., p. 56).

(d) f. 10. Saraband (H-G., p. 60).

(e) f. 11. Gigue (H-G., p. 60).

(f) ff. 12-14v. ‘Tuoi passi son dardi’ (H-G., p. 61).

(g) ff. 15-17. Air for instruments (H-G., p. 63).

(h) ff. 17v-19v. ‘Hai tanto rapido’ (H-G., p. 64).

(i) f. 20 [Dance]. (H-G., p. 66).

(j) ff. 21-22. ‘Vezzi più amabili’ (H-G., p. 67).

(k) ff. 23-24v. ‘Ah! infelice mia patria’ (H-G., p. 80).

(l) ff. 25-30. ‘Sento brillar’ (H-G., p. 86).

(m) ff. 30v-34v. ‘Non vuo mai seguitar’ (H-G., p. 96).

(n) ff. 35-36. March (H-G., p. 100).

(o) ff. 36v-37v. Pour l[e]s chasseurs (H-G., p. 101).

(p) ff. 38-39. [Dance]. (H-G., p. 102).

(q) ff. 39v-40. [Dance]. (H-G., p. 110).

(r) ff. 40v-42. Musette (H-G., p. 110).

(s) ff. 42v-43. Two Minuets (H-G., p. 111).

(t) ff. 43v-44. [Dance]. (H-G., p. 114).

(u) f. 44v. Gavotta (H-G. p. 114).

(v) f. 45. [Dance]. (H-G., p. 115).

(w) ff. 46-47v. ‘Replicati al ballo’. Chorus, from Parnasso in Festa (H-G. LIV, p. 48).

2. ff. 48-50v. [Dances in Arianna. H-G, LXXXIII. See also, R.M.18.c.4]. For autograph see R.M.20.a.6.

(a) f. 48. Gavotta (H-G., p. 41).

(b) ff. 48v-49. Last movement of the Overture.

(d) f. 50. Musette (from Overture to Alcina, H-G. LXXXVI).

(e) f. 50v. Dance-tune, founded on ‘Bella sorge’ (Arianna, Act III, sc. 8). (Lady’s Banquet, Book VI, p. 12).

3. ff. 51-52v. ‘Del labbro tuo l’accenti’. Air (Arianna, Act I, sc. 1). For autograph see R.M.20.a.6.

4. ff. 53-56v. ‘Amor nel mio penar’. Air (Flavio, Act III, sc. 4). For autograph see R.M.20.b.1.

5. ff. 57-98v. ‘Songs &tc. in Esther’. A later alteration of the 1732 version (H-G. XLI. See also, R.M.18.c.5]. For autograph see R.M.20.e.7.

(a) ff. 57-60v. ‘Tua bellezza’. Song (S.).

(b) ff. 61-62v. ‘Watchful angels’ (H-G., p. 18).

(d) ff. 68-71v. ‘Cor fedele’. Song (S.).

(e) ff. 72-79v. ‘Breathe soft, ye gales’ (H-G., p. 10).

(f) ff. 80-84v. ‘Blessings descend’ (H-G., p. 64).

(g) ff. 85-88v. ‘Heaven O lend me’ (H-G., p. 85).

(h) ff. 89-98v. ‘O King of Kings’, recit. and ‘Alleluia’ (H-G. p. 20).

6. ff. 99-113v. ‘Songs in Jupiter Argol’ [i.e. Jupiter in Argos HWV A¹⁴. Pasticcio with a text after a libretto by Antono Maria Lucchini] Autograph in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum.

(a) ff. 99-101v. ‘Già sai che l’usignol’. Air (S.).

(b) ff. 102-104. ‘Svenato il genitor’, recitatives (S.B.).

(d) ff. 109v-133v. ‘In braccio al tuo spavento’. Air (S.). In Imeneo, Act III, sc. 2 as ‘Se ricordar ten vuoi’).

(e) ff. 114-116. ‘Priva d’ogni conforto’. Recit. (S.).

(f) ff. 116v-118. ‘Non è d’un alma grande’. Recit (S.).

(g) ff. 118v-120. ‘Al gaudio al riso’. Air (S.).

(h) ff. 120v-122v. ‘D’amor di Giove’. Chorus.

(i) ff. 123-128. ‘Non ingannarmi, cara speranza’. Air (S.).

(j) ff. 128v-129. ‘Vieni, o de’ viventi’. Air (S.).

(k) ff. 129v-130. ‘Deh! m’ajutate oh dei!’. Air (S.).

(l) ff. 130v-135. ‘Taci e spera’. Air (S.).

(m) ff. 135v-139v. ‘Se potessero e [?] sospir miei’. Air (S.).

7. ff. 140-144v. ‘Love’s but the frailty of the mind’. ‘Sung by Mr Clive in the Way of the World’ [HWV 218]. English song by William Congreve. Autograph in Cambridge, Fitzwilliam museum.

8. ff. 145-148v. ‘Additional in Parthenope’ (H-G. LXXVIII). For autograph see R.M.20.b.11.

(a) f. 145. [Sinfonia, H-G., p. 115. Treble and Bass only].

(b) ff. 145v-148v. ‘Seguaci di Cupido’.

9. ff. 149-151v. ‘Sinfonia in Porus’ (H-G. LXXIX), Act I, sc. 9. For autograph see R.M.20.b.13.

10. f. 152. ‘Sinfonia’, in Poro, Act III, sc. 12. For autograph see R.M.20.b.13.

11. ff. 153-154v. ‘Hornpipe compos’d for the Concert at Vauxhall 1740’.

12. ff. 155-160v. Sonata for Oboes, Violins Viola and figured Bass. The Introduction to the Cantata ‘Delirio amoroso’ (H-G. LIIa, No 12). [HWV 99] Autograph lost. See also R.M.19.a.1.

13. ff. 161-167v. ‘Lessons composed for the Princess Louisa’. For Harpsichord.

(a) ff. 161-164. 1.Allemande, Courante and Saraband. (H-G. II, p. 125).

(b) ff. 164v-167v. 2. Allemande, Courante, Saraband and Gigue. (H-G. II, p. 128).

Friedrich Chrysander, German music scholar: Vol. XXVI of Handel's miscellaneous collections and selections annotated by: 19th cent.

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

includes:

ff. 2-46 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. 48-52 Pietro Pariati, poet and librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Arianna' , after a text by Pietro Pariati: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 53-56 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. 57-98 Jean Racine, French poet: Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Alexander Pope, poet: Selections from Handel's 'Esther' (HWV50) to a libretto by Alexander Pope, and Dr John Arbuthnot after a text by Jean Racine: 18th cent.
ff. 99-113v Antonio Maria Lucchini, librettist: Fragments from Handel's Pasticcio "Jupiter in Argos" (HWV A14) , after a libretto by Antonio Maria Lucchini: circa 1739: Ital.
ff. 140-144 William Congreve, dramatist: Handel's Cantata 'Love's but the frailty of the mind' (HWV218) to a text by William Congreve: 18th cent.
ff. 145-148 Silvio Stampiglia, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Partenope' , after a text by Silvio Stampiglia: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 149-152 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. 155-160 Benedetto Pamphili, Cardinal, writer: Handel's Cantata 'Delirio Amoroso: Da quel giorno fatale' (HVW99) to a text by Benedetto Pamphili: 18th cent: Ital.
ff. 161-167v Louisa, Princess, 5th daughter of George II of England: Lessons for the harpsichord composed by Handel for: 18th century: Copy.

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R.M.19.d.11 : ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. XXVI; 18th century. Copy. Full scores.…

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Names:

Arbuthnot, John, Dr physician and wit
Chrysander, Friedrich, music scholar, 1826-1901
Congreve, William, dramatist
Guarini, Giovanni Battista, poet, playwright and diplomat, 1538-1612
Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Haym, Nicola Francesco, composer poet and theatre manager
Louisa, Queen of Denmark and Norway, daughter of King George II of Great Britain and wife of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway, 1724-1751
Lucchini, Antonio Maria, librettist
Metastasio, Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura, poet and librettist, 1698-1782
Noris, Matteo, librettist
Pamphili, Benedetto, Cardinal writer
Pariati, Pietro, poet and librettist
Pope, Alexander, poet
Racine, Jean, French poet
Rossi, Giacomo, librettist
Stampiglia, Silvio, librettist