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R.M.20.b.7
- Record Id:
- 040-001948628
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000376
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156352738.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.b.7
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Muzio Scevola, Act III (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli), HWV 13. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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The MS. is damaged by damp throughout. f. 22v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
Points of note:
1. f. 5. Sc. 1. The scene represents a ‘Padiglione’ (omitted in H-G., p. 5).
2. f. 12. Sc. 3. ‘Pupille sdegnose.’ ‘Andante’ (H-G., p. 13) is not in the MS.
3. ff. 24-26. Sc. 5. ‘Non ti fidar’. The passage in dotted brackets (H-G., p. 29) is crossed out in the MS.
4. ff. 37-41. Sc. 8. ‘Scena 8. Irene e Fidalma’. The scene begins with an air for Fidalma ‘A chi vive’, of which there are two settings (omitted in H-G., followed by (f. 41) the recitative ‘Ahi che pur troppo…passin lenti’ (H-G., p. 47). The following recitatives are omitted in H-G.: ‘Fidalma. Ma troppo t’allontani dalle tende reali. Irene. E qual periglio temi or che l’arme son cessate. Fidalma. Ah quale qual calpestio d’armata squadra ascolto? Irene. Per questa via torna il mio ben. Scena 9. Tarquinio e detti. Tarquinio. Fidalma torni al campo, o s’uccida, il braccio mio siegui Irene. Fidalma. Ah crudel… Tarquinio. Via si trasporti. Due soldati la portan via. Irene. Lasciami, traditor, etc. The whole passage as printed in H-G. needs correction.
5. f. 50. Sc. 12. (Sc. 10 in H-G.). ‘Campidoglio’ (omitted in H-G., p. 58).
6. ff. 52-55. ‘Ma come amar’. No tempo is marked.
7. ff. 55-60v. ‘Sc. Ultima.’
8. f. 60v. ‘Fine. G F H. London March 23. 1721’.
Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Handel's 'Muzio Scevola' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli: 18th cent: Ital.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948628 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.b.7 : George Frideric Handel: Muzio Scevola, Act III (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli), HWV 13. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0194]/040-001948628
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (69 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156352738.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1721
- End Date:
- 1721
- Date Range:
- 1721
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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9 x 11.5in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.b.7
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft LXIV. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), p. 43.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)