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R.M.20.c.8
- Record Id:
- 040-001948642
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000384
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156353300.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.8
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Silla (dramma per musica by Giacomo Rossi) (HWV 10); [1714]. Autograph.
- Scope & Content:
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXI). Fragments of the score. f. 15v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For other copies see R.M.19.d.7. and Add. MSS 31555 and 53341. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), p. 70.
ff. 30. 9.25 x 11.75in.
Points of note:
1. f. 1. Act I, sc. 1. The MS. begins at the bottom line of H-G, p. 4. The Act is complete as far as H-G., p. 17, line 1, bar 7.
2. f. 13. Act II, sc. 2. The MS. begins at H-G., p. 22. The end of ‘Dolce nume’, from H-G., p. 23, line 3, bar 8 is wanting.
3. f. 14. Sc. 3. The MS. begins at ‘Guerra’ (H-G., p. 25, line 3).
4. f. 21v. Sc. 8. The MS ends at ‘tu, ardita, tenti’ (H-G., p. 34, line 2).
5. f. 22. Sc. 9. No directions as to scenery, as in H-G., p. 36.
6. f. 26v. Sc. 1. Ends at ‘di mia gloria’ (H-G., p. 40, bottom line).
7. f. 27. Act III., sc. 2. Begins at H-G., p. 45, line 2, bar 2.
8. f. 30. Sc. 4. From Sc. 5 to the end is wanting.
Giacomo Rossi, librettist: Handel's 'Silla' to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi: 18th cent: 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
040-001948642 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.c.8 : G.F. Handel: Silla (dramma per musica by Giacomo Rossi) (HWV 10); [1714]. Autograph. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0208]/040-001948642
- Container:
- 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_100156353300.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1714
- End Date:
- 1714
- Date Range:
- [1714]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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