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R.M.20.c.5
- Record Id:
- 040-001948639
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000381
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.5
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Rodrigo (dramma per musica after a libretto by Francesco Silvani), HWV 5. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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f. i is a note in the hand of F. Nicolai. ff. 14v, 85v and 104v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
Points of note:
1. f. 1. Overture ‘di G. F. Hendel’[sic].
2. ff. 4-6. The ‘Matelot’ (f. 4), marked ‘3’, so as to follow the ‘Sarabande’ (f. 5) (marked ‘2’). The ‘Menuet’ (f. 6v) is marked ‘4’ and the ‘Bourré’ (f. 5v) ‘5’.
3. f. 15. Act I, sc. 1 and part of sc. 2 are missing. The MS. begins as in H-G., p. 13.
4. f. 48. ‘Fine dell’Atto primo’.
5. f. 48v. Sketches, in Handel’s later handwriting. (a) ‘Vien’ (Teseo, H-G. LX, p. 56, ‘Vieni, torna, idolo mio’); (b) ‘Non so piu che bramar’ (Teseo, id. p. 45); (c) The opening bars of ‘Risplendete, amiche stelle’ (Teseo, id., p. 54); (d) Unidentified.
6. ff. 61-74. Act II, sc. 3. At the end of the recitatives (H-G., p. 55) the opening bars of ‘Fredde ceneri’ (H-G., p. 58) have been written and crossed out (in ink).
7. f. 85. ‘Fine dell 2 Atto’.
8. f. 86. (H-G., p, 78). The beginning of Act III is missing.
9. ff. 103v-104. Act III, sc. 9 (H-G., p. 94) (scene 7 in the MS). The MS. contains two versions of the recitative for Evanco: ‘Bella Florinda…appese’.
10. f. 106v. (H-G., p. 95). The end is missing.
Francesco Silvani, librettist: Handel's 'Rodrigo' adapted from a libretto by Francesco Silvani: [1707?]: Ital.
Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Handel's autograph scores annotated by: circa 1760- circa 1809: Autogr.
includes:
- f. 48v Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Philippe Quinault, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Teseo' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Philippe Quinault: 18th cent: Ital.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948639 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.c.5 : George Frideric Handel: Rodrigo (dramma per musica after a libretto by Francesco Silvani), HWV 5. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0205]/040-001948639
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (i + 106 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.c.5 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1706
- End Date:
- 1708
- Date Range:
- [1707?]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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8.75 x 11 in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.c.5
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft LVI. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 64-65.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)