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R.M.20.d.8
- Record Id:
- 040-001948654
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000390
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156353388.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.d.8
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Anthems III, HWV 252, 247, 253, 246. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 4v, 16v, 28v, 33, 59, 101v and 128v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
1. ff. 1-28. ‘My song shall be alway’. ‘Ψ. ye 89’. (HWV 255) (H-G. XXXV, p. 1). f. 16: End of ‘God is very greatly to be feared’ (H-G., p. 17). f. 17: ‘The heavens are Thine’ (H-G., p. 24). f. 28: ‘Fine’. For copies see R.M.19.g.1. vol.III (ff. 100-120); R.M.19.g.6. (ff. 60-63); Eg. 2910 (ff. 61-78); Add. MSS 29422 (ff. 3-33), 31558 (ff. 1-44), 31559 (21-38).
2. ff. 29-59v. ‘In the Lord put I my trust’. ‘Ψ. ye 11’. (HWV 247) (H-G. XXXIV, p. 37). f. 31: No tempo is marked to the second movement of the Introduction (H-G., p. 38). f. 33: ‘Hautb. pour la Fuge’. The oboe part to the second movement on a separate leaf. f. 34: ‘In the Lord’ (H-G., p. 41). No tempo marked. f. 40: ‘God is a constant sure defence’ (H-G., p. 51). ‘The 9 verse of the 9 Psalm. of Bradys versification’. f. 48v: ‘But God, who hears’ (H-G., p. 63). ‘The 5t verse of the 12 Psalm’. f. 50: ‘Snares, fire and brimstone’ (H-G., p. 65). ‘The 6 verse of the 11 Psalm’. f. 54: ‘The righteous Lord’ (H-G., p. 71). ‘The 7t verse of ye 11 Psalm’. f. 55v: ‘Then shall my song’ (H-G., p. 73). ‘The 6 verse of ye 13 Psalm’. f. 55v: ‘Fine’. See also R.M.20.g.14. (f. 38v); for copies see R.M.19.g.1. vol.II (ff. 96-124); R.M.19.g.1b. (ff. 87-110); R.M.19.g.6. (ff. 57-60); Add. MS. 29425 (ff. 2-38); Eg. 2913 (ff. 80-103).
3. ff. 60-101. ‘O Come let us sing’. ‘Ψ. ye 95’. (HWV 253) (H-G. XXXV, p. 41). f. 60: Sonata. No tempo marked to either movement. f. 70: ‘For the Lord is a great God’ (H-G., p. 55). Marked: ‘Ad.’ [agio]. f. 71: ‘O come let us worship’. ‘Mr Blackley’ named for the Tenor part. f. 91: End of ‘O magnify the Lord’ (H-G., p. 84). f. 91v: ‘Segue the Lord preserveth’. f. 92: ‘The Lord preserveth’ (H-G., p. 84). Marked ‘Larghetto’. Above the voice part of the opening bars is written: ‘Dieser vers. wird nicht im andern Tenor geschrieben, sondern auf ein blat a part’. f. 94: ‘For look, as high’ (H-G., p. 88). Marked ‘Adagio’. The voice part: ‘for Mr Blacley’. f. 101: ‘Fine’. See also R.M.20.g.14. (f. 51); for copies R.M.19.g.1. vol. III (ff. 2-36); Eg. 2910 (ff. 1-38); Add. MSS 29420 (ff. 2-54), 30309 (ff. 42-70).
4. ff. 102-128. ‘O be joyful in the Lord’. ‘Ψ. 100’. (HWV 246) (H-G. XXXIV, p. 1). f. 102: The introduction is headed: ‘Sinfonia’. f. 120: Reversing the volume is a memorandum (not in Handel’s writing): ‘For Mr Smith to be left att Mr Linikey’s att ye White Hart in ye Hay Market with speed’. f. 127: ‘World without end’ (H-G., p.36). The MS. has a pause marked over the empty bar (line 1, bar 7), and ‘Adagio’ marked over bar 8. f. 128: ‘Fine’. For copies see R.M.19.g.1b. (ff. 112-133); Eg. 2910 (ff. 39-60).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948654 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.d.8 : George Frideric Handel: Anthems III, HWV 252, 247, 253, 246. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0220]/040-001948654
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (128 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156353388.0x000001
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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.8
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft XXXIV, XXXV. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 94-95.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)