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R.M.20.d.6
- Record Id:
- 040-001948652
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x00038e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156352778.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.d.6
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Anthems I, HWV 251b, 249b, 256a, 250a. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 8v, 24v, 50v and 99v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
1. ff. 1-24v. ‘As pants the hart’ (HWV 251b) (H-G. XXXIV, p. 207). f. 1: The Sonata contains some pencilled alterations by Handel. f. 13. ‘Now when I think’ (H-G., p. 220). At the top of the page: ‘Write the Bas [sic] under this Violin in the Harpeggio’. For copies see R.M.19.g.1. vol. III (ff. 37-57); Add. MSS 29423 (ff. 3-33), 30309 (ff. 71-87), 31557 (ff. 32-73), 31559 (1-20).
2. ff. 25-42v. ‘O sing unto the Lord’ (HWV 249b) (H-G. XXXIV, p. 109). f. 41v: The final chorus (‘Let the heavens rejoice’) is followed by a Tenor solo: ‘For He cometh to judge the earth’, marked ‘Adag. e staccato’, the first page of which is crossed out. There is no ‘Fine’ at the end of either chorus or solo. For copies see R.M.19.g.1. vol. III (ff. 84-99); Eg. 2912 (ff. 60-77); Add. MSS 29421 (ff. 3-24), 30309 (ff. 3-20).
3. ff. 43-76v. ‘Let God arise’ (HWV 256a) (H-G. XXXV, p. 211). f. 43: ‘To be played before the Symphony of the Anthem let God arise’. Marked: ‘Andante’ (crossed out) ‘ a Tempo ordinario e staccato’ (in ink); ‘Larghetto’ (in pencil). The end (from the third beat of bar 3, line 1 of H-G., p. 212) is missing (see infra, f. 51). f. 44: ‘Let God arise’. Chorus (H-G., p. 216). f. 50. At the end of the Chorus (H-G., p. 225): ‘Segue’ (the opening phrase (treble and bass) of the Allegro of the introduction) (H-G., p. 212). f. 50v. Blank. f. 51. The Allegro of the Introduction headed: ‘Ψ 68. Allegro assai’ (in ink); ‘Assai’ is rubbed out; ‘ma non presto’; ‘N 2’ (in pencil). f. 54. ‘Like as the smoak [sic] vanisheth’ (H-G., p. 225). For copies see R.M.19.g.1. vol II (ff. 63-95); R.M.19.g.1. vol III (ff. 58-83); Add. MS. 29418 (ff. 1-38).
4. ff. 77-99. ‘I will magnify thee.’ ‘Ψ ye 145.’ (HWV 250a) (H-G. XXXIV, no. 5., p. 133). f. 92. End of ‘One generation’ (H-G., P. 151). ff. 92v-94. ‘The Lord preserveth all them’ (H-G., p. 156). f. 94v. ‘My mouth shall speak’ (H-G., p. 162). f. 99. ‘S.D.G.’. For copies see R.M.19.g.1. vol. II (ff. 44-62); R.M.19.g.1b. (ff. 69-86); Add. MS 29417 (ff. 1-27).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948652 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.d.6 : George Frideric Handel: Anthems I, HWV 251b, 249b, 256a, 250a. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0218]/040-001948652
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (99 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156352778.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1716
- End Date:
- 1720
- Date Range:
- [1716-1720]
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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9.25 x 11.5in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.d.6
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft XXXIV, XXXV. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 90-91.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)