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R.M.20.c.1
- Record Id:
- 040-001948635
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x00037d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100158970396.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.1
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Radamisto (opera seria after libretti by Matteo Noris and Domenico Lalli) (HWV 12); 1720. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXIII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, 1997.)
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION.
In Acts I and II the MS. agrees with Version A in H-G. The recitatives in Act II, sc. 1 and 2 (H-G., pp. 40-42) are on ff. 65 and 45. The arrangement of the MS for Act III is as follows: ff. 81-83 (HG., pp. 168-175); ff. 83v-84 (H-G., p. 191-192); ff. 85-115 (H-G., pp. 78-117). f. i is a note by F. Nicolai (‘This opera is very imperfect’). ff. 28v, 44v, 126v, 137v, 141v, 143v and 148v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.d.2. (ff. 28-30); for copies see Add. MSS 31562, 39180; for selections see R.M.18.c.1. (ff. 23-28), R.M.18.c.9. (ff. 71-119), R.M.19.d.12. (ff. 55-57), R.M.19.c.9. (ff. 106v-107). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 53-55.
ff. i + 148. 9.25 x 11.75in.
Points of note:
1. f. 6. Act I, sc. 1. ‘Sommi Dei’. There are a few alterations (in red ink).
2. ff. 7-8. The recitatives as originally written are cut extensively.
3. f. 14. Sc. 3. Recitatives for Fraarte and Tiridate (before the entrance of Farasmene) have been cancelled.
4. ff. 33-35v. The original words of ‘Mirerò’ (beginning ‘Umiliata a piedi tuoi’) have been crossed out throughout the air.
5. ff. 37-41v. Sc. 13. The words of the second part of ‘Dopo torbide procelle’ (on f. 41) are: ‘Son piu lucide le stelle alla notte oscura in sen’. Those in H-G., p. 38 are not in the MS.
6. f. 46. An inserted leaf with a note by F. Nicolai: ‘Here there two leaves are misplaced’.
7. f. 48. An inserted leaf with a note by F. Nicolai: ‘Here part of the 1st scene is wanting’.
8. f. 51. Act II, sc. 3. The stage direction ‘In abito composto, con soldati’ (H-G., p. 46) is not in the MS.
9. ff. 104-107. Sc. 7. The words of ‘Qual nave smarrita’ (H-G., p. 102) are written by a copyist. The original words began ‘Speranza gradita’ and the air was followed by recitatives for Zenobia and Radamisto and an air (‘Senza luce’) for the latter, all of which are crossed out.
10. f. 116. Act I, sc. 1. ‘L’ingrato non amar’ (H-G., p. 122).
11. f. 119. Sc. 3. ‘Con la stragge [sic] de’ nemici’ (H-G., p. 126).
12. f. 122. Sc. 11. ‘Segni di crudeltà’ (H-G., p. 137).
13. f. 124v. Act III, sc. 1. ‘Fatemi, o cieli’ (H-G., p. 170, Version A).
14. f. 127. Act I, sc. 1. ‘L’ingrato non amar’. Part of a setting not in H-G..
15. ff. 128-131v. Act II, sc. 2. ‘Vuol ch’io serva’ (H-G., p. 146).
16. ff. 132-134v. Act III, sc. 5. ‘Barbaro partirò’ (H-G., p. 187).
17. ff. 135-137. Act II, sc. 3. ‘Lascia pure’ [sic] (H-G., p. 151).
18. ff. 138-141. Act I, sc. 6. ‘Perfido’ (H-G., p. 132).
19. ff. 142-143. Act III, sc. 2. ‘So ch’è vana’ (H-G., p. 132).
20. ff. 144-148. Act III, sc. 4. ‘O cedere o perir’ (H-G., p. 195).
Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Matteo Noris, librettist: Benedetto Domenico Lalli, librettist: Handel's 'Radamisto' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Matteo Noris and Benedetto Domenico Lalli: 1720: Ital.
Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Handel's autograph scores annotated by: circa 1760- circa 1809: Autogr.
George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Autogr.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
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- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
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- 032-001948397
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- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.c.1 : G.F. Handel: Radamisto (opera seria after libretti by Matteo Noris and Domenico Lalli) (HWV 12); 1720. Autograph.… - Hierarchy:
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- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1720
- End Date:
- 1720
- Date Range:
- 1720
- Era:
- CE
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