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R.M.20.c.6
- Record Id:
- 040-001948640
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000382
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156352766.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.6
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Scipione (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli), HWV 20. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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f. i, bound at end, is a note in the hand of F. Nicolai. ff. 11v and 31v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
Points of note:
1. f. 10. Act I, sc. 1. ‘Un caro amante’. A cut of two pages hads been made between H-G., p. 13, line 2, bars 3 and 4.
2. f. 17. ‘Libera chi non è’, aria (H-G., p. 124) follows the recitatives (H-G., p. 19).
3. f. 22. Reversed in binding.
4. f. 31. ‘Fine dell’Atto 1mo’.
5. f. 32. Inserted leaf, a note in the hand of F. Nicolai: ‘The beginning of the second is missing’.
6. f. 33. ‘Act II. ‘Io gl’altri debellar’. Air (Alto), not in H-G. MS. Note [by Dr. Burney]: ‘The words of this air are not in the Libretto printed in 1726’.
7. f. 36. Sc. 1. The instrumental Introduction (H-G., p. 35) is missing. [To be found in Alessandro, R.M.20.a.5.] The scene originally included recitatives for Rosalba, which are transferred to Ernando.
8. f. 37. ‘Braccio si valoroso’ (H-G., p. 37) has a second set of words, written above the voice part.
9. f. 39v. A cancelled recitative for Rosalba, which leads to ‘Pensa o bella’ (H-G., p. 43) (with the original words ‘Dolce speme lusinghiera’ cancelled).
10. f. 41. Sc. 2. As n H-G., p. 41.
11. f. 43. Sc. 3. Follows the end of the recitative (‘…e di furore’ on H-G., p. 43).
12. f. 57. Sc. 8. Version A in H-G. (p. 63).
13. f. 64. There is no indication of the end of the Act.
14. f. 64v. Atto 3zo. Scena 1ma’. (In Burney’s writing).
15. f. 69v. ‘Scena 9’. (H-G., p. 79).
16. f. 72. ‘Scena 10’ (H-G., p. 83).
17. f. 74v. ‘Fine dell’Atto 2do’ at the end of ‘Il fulgido seren’ (H-G., p. 86, Version B).
18. f. 75. ‘Atto 3. Scena 1. Sala con Trono’ (H-G., p. 88). The scene contains recitatives for Rosalba, partly crossed out and partly transferred to Ernando.
19. f. 79. Sc. 6. Begins ‘…luce’, as in H-G., p. 93.
20. f. 80. ‘Del debellar’ (H-G., p. 94). These words are not in the MS., in which the song begins ‘La nobiltà del Regno’. It is followed on f. 81v by the recitative ‘Squarciasi’l fosco vel’ (H-G., p. 98) and the air ‘Come al natio boschetto’ (p.99).
21. f. 84v. Sc. 5. Berenice e detti’ (H-G., p. 96) follows the end of ‘Come al natio boschetto’.
22. f. 85v. ‘Bella notte’ (H-G., p. 96), followed by
23. f. 87v. ‘Quanto timor’ (recitative) and ‘Son pellegrino’ (H-G., p. 103).
24. f. 90. Sc. 8. ‘Scena Ultima’ (H-G., p. 106).
25. f. 95. The names of the singers of ‘Faranno gioia’ (H-G., p. 112) are thus written: ‘Cuz[zoni] e Const[antini]’; ‘Sin[esino] et An[n]a [Anna Dotti]; ‘Baldi’; ‘Antinori’; ‘Boschi’.
26. f. 97v. ‘Fine dell’Opera G F H March 2 1726’.
27. ff. 98-101v. Appendix IV in H-G., pp. 131-135. The recitative and air for Rosalba (pp. 131-2) are crossed out.
Charles Burney, Mus.D: Handel's autograph scores with notes by: 18th cent.
Paolo Antonio Rolli, dramatist: Handel's 'Scipione' to a libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli: 1726: Ital.
Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Handel's autograph scores annotated by: circa 1760- circa 1809: Autogr.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948640 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.c.6 : George Frideric Handel: Scipione (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli), HWV 20. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0206]/040-001948640
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (i + 101 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156352766.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1726
- End Date:
- 1726
- Date Range:
- 1726
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
- 10.25 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.c.6
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft LXXI. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 66-67.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)