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R.M.20.c.7
- Record Id:
- 040-001948641
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000383
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156353296.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.7
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Serse (dramma per musica after libretti by Niccolò Minato and Silvio Stampiglia) (HWV 40); 1737-1738. Autograph.
- Scope & Content:
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XCII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/39, 1958). ff. 22v, 35v, 54v and 91v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For an harpsichord version of the Overture see R.M.19.a.1. (ff. 144v-147). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 68-69.
ff. 91. 9.5 x 11in.
Points of note:
1. f. 1. At the foot of the page: ‘angefangen den 26 Decembr 1737 od Montag, den 2 X tag’. ‘25’ and ‘Sontag’ are crossed out.
2. f. 7v. Act I, sc. 3. A whole page has been crossed out in Romilda’s scene ‘Un Serse mirate’ (H-G., p. 10, at the end of p. 11, line 2, bar 6).
3. f. 10. ‘Io le dirò (H-G., p. 14). The song has been much cut.
4. f. 14. Sc. 5. ‘Meglio in voi’ (H-G., p. 21). Much cut.
5. f. 21v. Sc. 10. The abbreviated Coro in H-G., p. 32 is not in the MS.
6. f. 21v. Sc. 11. The MS. shows that Amastre was originally called Eumene (see also f. 13v).
7. f. 23. ‘Più che penso’ (H-G., p. 34) is preceded by recitatives for Serse and Amastre of which the words only are written and crossed out in pencil. The whole air is shortened, both in ink and pencil.
8. f. 34. ‘Fine dell’Atto primo Jan. 9 1738’.
9. f. 34. Act II, sc. 1. ‘Speranze mie’ (H-G., p. 49); pencil cuts.
10. f. 36. A second setting of ‘Ah! chi voler fiora’ crossed out in pencil.
11. f. 47. Sc. 5. ‘È gelosia’ (H-G., p. 65). A cancelled page of another setting.
12. ff. 51v-52v. Sc. 7. Cancelled pages of another setting of ‘Quella che tutta fè’ (H-G., p. 71).
13. f. 55v. Sc. 8. The abbreviated chorus in H-G., p. 73 is not in the MS.
14. f. 56v. Sc. 9. ‘Si, la voglio’; a first setting crossed out. The final setting is much abbreviated (in ink).
15. f. 59v. ‘Fine dell’Atto 2do Jan. 25. 1738’.
16. f. 74. Leaf originally followed f. 47, and f. 74v continues from f. 49. This section became reduntant after Handel recomposed the section on f. 48.
17. f. 83. Act III, sc. 10. The abbreviated chorus in H-G., p. 111 is not in the MS.
18. f. 91. ‘Fine dell’Opera G. F. Handel. London Februar. 6. 1738. geendiget auszufüllen den 14 dieses Febr 1738’’.
Silvio Stampiglia, librettist: Count Nicolo Minato,; librettist, impresario and poet: Handel's 'Serse' , after texts by Count Nicolo Minato and Silvio Stampiglia: 1737-1738: Ital.
George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Autogr.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948641 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.c.7 : G.F. Handel: Serse (dramma per musica after libretti by Niccolò Minato and Silvio Stampiglia) (HWV 40); 1737-1738. Autograph. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0207]/040-001948641
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156353296.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1737
- End Date:
- 1738
- Date Range:
- 1737-1738
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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