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R.M.20.c.4
- Record Id:
- 040-001948638
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000380
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156350898.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.4
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 19. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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f. i is a note by F. Nicolai. ff. 19v, 22v, 49v, 59v, 64v and 66v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
Points of note:
1. f. 6. Act I, sc. 6 (H-G., p. 7). The passage in dotted brackets is in the MS.
2. f. 17v. Sc. 6. The end of Bertarido’s recitative (from ‘che non è’, H-G., p.21, line 1) is on f. 25. The recitative ends with a crotchet, a minim rest and a double bar.
3. f. 18. ‘Dove sei’ begins with four instrumental bars not in H-G.; part of the recitative is missing.
4. f. 20. The recitatives (‘Ma giunge…l’antica mia’) (H-G., p. 23) are on f. 25v.
5. f. 20v. Sc. 7. ‘Ombre, piante’. Seventeen bars of a different setting (not in H-G.) partly crossed out, followed by the setting in H-G., p. 24, which omits many marks of piano and forte. The passage from H-G., p. 25, line 4, bar 5 to p. 26, line 1, bar 6 is on f. 23.
6. f. 24. The end of the setting of ‘Ombre, piante’ on f. 20v, followed by another setting of the recitatives (‘Ombra…amore’) (H-G., p. 27), crossed out.
7. f. 34v. ‘Fine dell’Atto Primo’.
8. f. 39v. Act II, sc. 3. At the end of Gariboldo’s recitative (H-G., p. 45): ‘Segue l’Aria di Rodelinda Spietati io vi giurai’ (not in the MS), followed by an air for Soprano (not in H-G.): ‘Ben spesso in vago prato’, which begins like ‘Scacciata dal suo nido’ (H-G. p. 63).
9. f. 41v. Sc. 4. (H-G., p. 48).
10. f. 50. Sc. 5. (H-G., p. 58). ‘Luogo delizioso’ is not in the MS.
11. f. 61v. Sc. 7. The duet ‘Io t’abbraccio’ (H-G., p. 72) is indicated, but not in the MS.
12. f. 62. ‘S’armi a miei danni’ [sic]. Air (T.), not in H-G.
13. f. 65. ‘Del mio brando si veda’ [?]. Air (A.), not n H-G.
14. f. 67. Act III, sc. 1. (H-G., p. 75, version A).
15. f. 81. Sc. 4. (H-G., p. 89, first version).
16. f. 84. Sc. 5. The recitatives end at ‘Al tuo periglio’ (H-G., p. 93, line 4) and are followed by an air (S.) ‘Verrete a consolarmi’, not in H-G.
17. f. 86. Sc. 6. (H-G., p. 96).
18. f. 95v. Sc. 9. The names of the singers (H-G., p. 106) are only indicated by initials.
19. f. 97v. ‘Fine dell Opera li 20 di Genaro [sic] 1725’.
Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Antonio Salvi, librettist: Handel's 'Rodelinda' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Antonio Salvi: 1725: Ital.
Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Handel's autograph scores annotated by: circa 1760- circa 1809: Autogr.
includes:
- ff. 62-66 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Giacomo Francesco Bussani, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Giuio Cesare' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Giacomo Francesco Bussani: circa 1725-circa 1735: Ital.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948638 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.c.4 : George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a libretto by Antonio Salvi), HWV 19. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0204]/040-001948638
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (i + 97 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156350898.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1725
- End Date:
- 1725
- Date Range:
- 1725
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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8.75 x 11.75 in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.c.4
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft LXX. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 62-63.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)