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R.M.20.a.13
- Record Id:
- 040-001948621
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x00036f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156352230.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.a.13
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Faramondo (dramma per musica after a libretto by Apostolo Zeno), HWV 39. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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The numbering of the scenes in the MS is different from that in H-G.
Points of note:
1. f. 1. ‘angefangen den 15 Novembr 1737 Dienstag’.
2. f. 12v. Act I, sc. 5. The passage printed within dotted brackets in H-G., p. 18, are in the MS.
3. ff. 13, 16-18. A setting of ‘Vanne che più ti miro’ not in H-G.
4. ff. 14-15. The setting of ‘Vanne che più ti miro’ in H-G., p. 19.
5. ff. 28-30. Sc. 12. ‘Sento, che un giusto sdegno’. Several passages cut.
6. f. 38. Sc. 17. ‘Fine dell’Atto 1. Montag den 28 Novembr 1737.’
7. f. 56. Act II, sc. 11, 12. Version A in H-G., pp. 74-5.
8. f. 60v. Sc. 14. ‘Fine dell’Atto 2do den 4 Decembr 1737. Sonntags abends üm [sic] 10 Uhr.’
9. f. 61. Act III. A first sketch for the Sinfonia is crossed out.
10. ff. 65v-66. Sc. 3. The passage printed in brackets in H-G., p. 90, are in the MS.
11. ff. 66v, 68. A setting of ‘Cosi suole a rio’ (in C major, 6-8 time); not crossed out and not printed in H-G.
12. f. 67. The setting of ‘Cosi suole’ in E major (H-G., p. 90)
13. f. 68. Sc. 4 (8 in the MS.). Setting A (H-G., p. 92).
14. f. 77. Sc. 12 (15 in the MS.). Setting A (H-G., p. 109).
15. f. 80v. Sc. 13 (16 in the MS.). Setting A (H-G., p. 115).
16. f. 84. Sc. 14. The names of the singers of ‘Virtù che rende’ are given: ‘S. Sgra Marches[ini]. Franc[esina]. Caff[arelli]. Chementi. A. Merighi. T. Savage. B. Mont[agnana]. Lottini.’
17. f. 86v. ‘Fine dell’Opera G. F. Handel. London Decembr 24. 1737.’
Apostolo Zeno, librettist and poet: Handel's 'Faramondo' , after a text by Apostolo Zeno: 1737: Ital.
George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Autogr.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948621 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.a.13 : George Frideric Handel: Faramondo (dramma per musica after a libretto by Apostolo Zeno), HWV 39. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0187]/040-001948621
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (86 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156352230.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1737
- End Date:
- 1737
- Date Range:
- 1737
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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10.5 x 12in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.a.13
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft CXI. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 27-28.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)