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R.M.20.c.9
- Record Id:
- 040-001948643
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000385
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156353380.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.c.9
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Siroe (‘dramma per musica’ by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a text by Pietro Metastasio), HWV 24. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 62v, 66v and 75v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
Points of note:
1. f. 1v. The lowest line of the Allegro (H-G, p. 2) is marked: ‘Violonc: Contrabassi Cemb.’ The ‘Introduzione’ (H-G., p.6) is on f. 85, crossed out in ink.
2. f. 11. Act I, sc. 5. ‘D’ogni amator’ (H-G., pp. 16-17, version A).
3. f. 22. Sc. 11. ‘La sorte mia tiranna’ (H-G., p. 28), marked: ‘Andante’.
4. f. 24v. ‘Vedeste mai sul prato’ (H-G., p. 30). ff. 24v-25 contain part of a version written a third higher, but crossed out.
5. f. 25v. ‘Vedeste mai’, as in H-G., p. 30.
6. ff. 28v-36v. The arrangement of the MS. from here is as follows: End of ‘Vedeste mai’. f. 29: Pencil note (in Dr. Burney’s handwriting): ‘This and the 7 following leaves belong to an opera written originally by Apostolo Zeno called Flavio Olibrio’. Rcitatives (words only) for Olibrio and Placidia. Air (S.) for Placidia, originally set to words beginning ‘Hò nel seno, crossed out and ‘Or mi perdo’ (H-G., p. 37) written above. f. 31v: ‘Scena 6ta. Olibrio e Flacilla’. Recitatives (words only) and air for Olibrio; original words beginning ‘Stimo fedele’, altered to ‘Chi è più fedele’ (H-G., p. 34). f. 33v: ‘Scena 7ma. Flacilla sola’. Recitative (words only) and f. 34: ‘Son come un arboscello’. Air (S.). (Not in H-G.). f. 36: ‘Scena 8. Sala Regia. Mentre dall’una delle parti entrano Genserico, Honorico ed Elmige con guardie, vengono dal fondo del Teatro Eudosio e Placidia con seguito di Damigelle, e guardie Romane’. f. 36v: Recitatives (words only), ending the fragment of Flavio Olibrio.
7. f. 38. Act II, sc. 1. (H-G., p. 40).
8. f. 37. An inserted leaf with a note in the hand of F. Nicolai.
9. f. 39v. ‘Mi lagnerò’ (H-G., p. 42). No tempo is marked.
10. f. 43. Sc. 3. ‘Mi credi infedele’ (H-G., p. 46). No tempo is marked.
11. f. 46. Sc. 4. ‘Sgombra dell’anima’ (H-G., p. 49). No tempo is marked.
12. f. 47v. Sc. 5. ‘Frà l’orror’ (H-G., p. 51). No tempo is marked.
13. f. 52v. Sc. 7. ‘Tu di pietà’ (H-G., p. 58). No tempo is marked.
14. f. 60. Sc. 10. Emira’s recitative (H-G., p. 67) is followed by the symphony of an air (S.) marked ‘Andante’, in 3/8 time (crossed out). The setting of ‘Non vi piacque’ in H-G., p. 67 follows on f. 60v.
15. f. 62. ‘Fine dell’Atto Secondo’.
16. f. 64. Act III, sc. 2. The beginning of a setting of ‘Se il caro figlio’; crossed out, followed by that in H-G., p. 72.
17. f. 81v. Sc. 12. ‘Laodice entra’ – at the words: ‘Quivi aperto’ (H-G., p. 92).
18. f. 82. ‘Torrente cresciuto’ (H-G., p. 93). No tempo is marked.
19. f. 85. The movement (‘Largo e staccato’) printed in H-G., p. 6 as ‘Introduzione’ (crossed out).
20. f. 85v. Sc. 13. The ‘Sinfonia’ (H-G., p. 96) precedes ‘Scena 13. Gran Piazza…’.
21. f. 89. Sc. 14. The names of the singers of ‘Dolcissimo amore’ (H-G., p. 100) are thus written: ‘Faustina’; ‘Cuzz.’; ‘Sines.’; ‘Bald.’; ‘Boschi Palm[erini]’.
22. f. 90v. ‘Fine dell’Opera, G. F. Handel London. February 5. 1728’.
Charles Burney, Mus.D: Handel's autograph scores with notes by: 18th cent.
Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Handel's autograph scores annotated by: circa 1760- circa 1809: Autogr.
Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio, poet and librettist: Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Handel's 'Siroe' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio: 1728: Ital.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948643 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.c.9 : George Frideric Handel: Siroe (‘dramma per musica’ by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a text by Pietro Metastasio), HWV 24. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0209]/040-001948643
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (90 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156353380.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1728
- End Date:
- 1728
- Date Range:
- 1728
- Era:
- CE
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9.25 x 11.5in.
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- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft LXXV. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 71-72.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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