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R.M.20.d.1
- Record Id:
- 040-001948647
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000389
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156352770.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.d.1
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Tolomeo (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym, after a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece) (HWV 25); 1728. Autograph.
- Scope & Content:
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXVI). Between ff. 29 and 30 is a leaf ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated 29a.
ff. 80. 9.5 x 11.75in.
Points of note:
1. f. 4. Overture. At the end: ‘Atto Scena 1. Strada di Roma con Arco Trionfale per dove entra Genserico’, etc., followed by the instrumental introduction of a chorus, marked ‘Andante’; all crossed out.
2. f. 5. Act I, sc. 5. (H-G., p. 6, version A).
3. f. 10v. Sc. 2. A passage of Elisa’s recitative omitted in H-G., p. 12.
4. f. 13v. Sc. 3. The passage in brackets in H-G., p. 15, is in the MS.
5. f. 16. Sc. 4. (H-G., p. 16, version A).
6. f. 20. ‘Addio, Osmino, addio’. Air for Elisa, not in H-G.
7. f. 21v. The recitative: ‘Conosco ben’ for Tolomeo (H-G., p. 22).
8. f. 29v. Sc. 6. ‘Fine dell’Atto Primo’.
9. f. 35v. Act II, sc. 3. Seluce’s recitative (H-G., p. 36) is followed by the voice-part and accompaniment of ‘Il mio core’ (H-G., p. 42) in A minor, without words, and cancelled. Stage direction at the end: ‘Mentre vuol partire viene incontrata da Elisa e Tolomeo che sopragiungono’.
10. f. 37. ‘Aure, portate’ (H-G., p. 37).
11. f. 39. Sc. 4. Includes the bracketed passages in H-G., p. 39.
12. f. 42. Sc. 5. ‘Il mio core’ (H-G., p. 42).
13. f. 48v. Sc. 8. ‘Piangi pur’. No tempo is marked in the MS.
14. f. 53. ‘Fine dell’Atto 2do’.
15. f. 80v. Act III, sc. 5. ‘Fine dell’Opera G F Handel April 19. 1728’.
Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Carlo Sigismondo Capece, librettist: Handel's 'Tolomeo' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Carlo Sigismondo Capece: 1728: 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
040-001948647 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.d.1 : G.F. Handel: Tolomeo (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym, after a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece) (HWV 25);… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0213]/040-001948647
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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_100156352770.0x000001
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- Languages:
- Italian
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1728
- End Date:
- 1728
- Date Range:
- 1728
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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