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R.M.20.c.11
- Record Id:
- 040-001948645
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000387
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- R.M.20.c.11
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Tamerlano (‘dramma per musica’ by Niccolò Francesco Haym, after a libretto by Agostino Piovene) (HWV 18); 1724. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXIX; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/15, 1996.)
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION.
ff. 9v, 12v, 50v, 62, 77, 81v, 87v, 99v, 112v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. See also R.M.20.d.2. (ff. 41-52); for other copies see Egerton 2920, R.M.18.c.3. (ff. 15-22), R.M.18.c.10. (ff. 92-100), R.M.19.a.1. (ff. 120-122). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 74-75.
ff. 128. 9.25 x 11.5in.
Points of note:
1. ff. 1-5. Overture. The ‘Grave’ in H-G., p. 3 is not in the MS.
2. f. 5v. Menuet. H-G., p. 4 has a reference to ‘p. 145’, which is incorrect. The version of the Menuet in the MS. differs slightly from that in H-G.
3. f. 6. Act I, sc. 1. The arrangement of this scene in the MS. is as follows: ‘Doppo l’Ouverture’ (H-G., pp. 5-6) down to: ‘Prence lo sò, ti -’.
4. ff. 7-9. ‘Atto 1. Scena 1’ (H-G., pp. 145-7) down to ‘reggia’. Followed by ‘Come segue, come stà’.
5. ff. 10-12. ‘Atto Primo Scena 1’. A version of the recitatives not in H-G. At the end: ‘Aria. Forte e lieto’.
6. ff. 13-15. The recitatives (‘… morte… ma voi’) and air (‘Conservate’) in H-G., pp. 147-8.
7. f. 15v. ‘Scena 2da’.
8. f. 29v. Sc. 6. The recitatives (from H-G., p. 24, line 4) are different and the air (‘Ciel e terra’) is a tone higher, in E major.
9. ff. 35-36v. ‘Dal crudel’ (H-G., p. 35, Version B).
10. ff. 37-38v. ‘Dal crudel’ (H-G., p. 31, Version A).
11. f. 42v. ‘Fine dell’Atto Primo’.
12. f. 48. Act II, sc. 2. A setting of ‘Non è più tempo’ not in H-G.
13. f. 49. Sc. 3. The words of Andronico’s recitative (‘Ah no… spero’) are written without music and crossed out. f. 49v: The first page of a setting of ‘Cerco in vano’ not in H-G.
14. f. 50. ‘Non è più tempo’ (H-G., p. 49).
15. f. 51. ‘Scena 3. Andonico solo’. (H-G., p. 50).
16. f. 56. Sc. 6. Version B (H-G., p. 60).
17. f. 56v. ‘Par che mi nasca’ (H-G., p. 58, first page of Version A).
18. f. 57. ‘Par che mi nasca’ (H-G., p. 60, Version B).
19. ff. 59-60. ‘Par che mi nasca’. The end of Version A (H-G., p. 58) and Recitative: ‘Veggio da questi... costante’ followed by the direction: ‘Aria per il Basso’.
20. ff. 60v-61. Sc. 7. Recitatives (H-G., pp. 65-6) and Air ‘A suoi piedi’, down to the end of H-G., p. 67, line 6, bar 8. The higher notes in H-G. are in the MS.
21. f. 62v. ‘A suoi piedi’, from the beginning of H-G., p. 68, line 2, bar 4.
22. f. 63. ‘A suoi piedi’, from the beginning of H-G., p. 67, line 6, bar 9 (with the notes in small type), to the end of H-G., p. 68. The second part differs from the version in H-G.
23. f. 67. Sc. 10. The recitatives (H-G., pp. 74-75) down to ‘e ti pro-’ (H-G., p. 75, line 2).
24. f. 68. The accompanied recitative from ‘-dica’ (H-G., p. 75) to the end of ‘Versione prima’ (p. 77).
25. ff. 70-71v. The recitatives from ‘-testo’ (H-G., p. 75) to ‘tradimento’ (p. 78). The passage from ‘dica’ to ‘la morte’ is in secco recitative.
26. f. 75. Other versions of ‘Nò, ch’il tuo sdegno’, and the following recitative (H-G., p. 150). Two versions of ‘Amica, son quella’. Versione prima (H-G., p. 84) and another (not in H-G.).
27. f. 75v. ‘Nò, che sei tanto’. Versione prima (H-G., p. 84). At the end: ‘Varia invece d’un Rittornello senza la replica’, followed by another version of the recitative: ‘Si, si’ (not in H-G.).
28. f. 76. ‘Nò che sei tanto’, and recitative as in H-G., pp. 84-85.
29. f. 78. Act I, sc. 1. ‘Esci, O Signore’ (H-G., p. 149).
30. f. 78v. Act II, sc. 10. The recitative: ‘Amica, son quella’ (H-G., p. 84, second version).
31. f. 79. Act III, sc. 1. ‘Cor di padre’ (H-G., p. 90).
32. f. 81. At the end of ‘Cor di padre’: ‘Fine dell’Atto 2do’.
33. f. 82. ‘Atto terzo’. Sc. 1. Recitatives (H-G., p. 89), but no directions as to scenery.
34. f. 83. ‘Atto terzo. Scena 1. Cortile… custoditi’. A different version of the recitatives (H-G., pp. 150-1).
35. f. 84. ‘Sù la sponda’ (H-G., p. 152).
36. f. 85. ‘Scena 2’ (H-G., p. 93) – down to ‘affetti; mà’ (H-G., p. 95, line 1). Continues on f. 88.
37. ff. 86-87. ‘Sù la sponda’ (H-G., pp. 153-4).
38. f. 88. Sc. 3. Continuation of the recitatives from f. 85v to ‘Amor suo ritorni’ (H-G., p. 97).
39. f. 89v. ‘Fiero, mi rivedrete’ (H-G., p. 155).
40. f. 91. Sc. 4. (H-G., p. 100).
41. f. 97. Sc. 6. ‘Crudel più non’, down to end of H-G., p. 107, line 4, bar 2.
42. f. 98. The recitative and air for Leone, printed within brackets in H-G., pp. 109, 110.
43. f. 100. The end of ‘Crudel più non’ – continued from f. 97v.
44. ff. 110-112. Sc. 9. A version (with different words) not in H-G.
45. f. 113. Sc. 9, 10. The version in H-G., p. 125.
46. f. 118v. ‘Barbaro’ (H-G., p. 132, Version A).
47. f. 126v. Sc. 11. ‘Dopo l’aria d’Asteria’. A version of the opening recitatives, with different words, not in H-G.
48. f. 127. ‘D’atra notte’ (Chorus, H-G., p. 142). At the foot of the page is written: ‘Chi sospira per amore sia costante e godera’.
49. f. 127v. ‘Fine dell’Opera. Com[m]inciata li 3 di Luglio e finita li 23. Anno 1724’.
Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Agostino Piovene, librettist: Handel's 'Tamerlano' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Agostino Piovene: 1724: Ital.
George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Autogr.
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