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R.M.20.d.11

Record Id:

040-001948657

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001948397

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000393

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ark:/81055/vdc_100156351089.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

R.M.20.d.11

Title:

George Frideric Handel: Cantatas I. Autograph

Scope & Content:

Cantatas and French Songs for a single voice and Continuo. Between ff. 14 and 15, 69 and 70, 78 and 79 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 14a, 69a, 78a; ff 4v, 8v, 12v, 31v and 39v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank; on f. 27v is the sketch of an unidentified tune (Treble and Bass) in F, 3/4 time (HWV 463).

1. ff. 1-4. ‘Sento là che ristretto’ ‘Cantata. G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 161) (H-G. LI, p. 90). Author of the text unknown. See also R.M.20.d.12. (ff. 28-30); for copies see Add. MSS 14215 (ff. 112-115), 14182 (ff. 50-54), 29484 (ff. 53-56), 31226 (ff. 51-52), 31574 (ff. 11-15), Eg. 2942 (ff. 3v-5v).

2. ff. 5-8. ‘Nella stagion che di viole’ ‘Cantata di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 137) (H-G. L, p. 178). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Eg. 2942 (ff. 34v-36).

3. ff. 9-12. ‘Ninfe e pastori’ ‘Cantata a voce sola di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 139) (H-G. LI, p. 6). Author of the text unknown. See also R.M.20.d.12. (ff. 38-39); for copies see R.M.19.a.7. (ff. 1-4), Add. MS. 29484 (ff. 45v-48) and Eg. 2942 (ff. 48v-50v).

4. ff. 13-14v. ‘Zeffiretto arresta il volo’ ‘Cantata’. (HWV 177) (H-G. LI, p. 168). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Eg. 2942 (ff. 12-13).

5. ff. 15-19v. ‘E partirai mia vita?’ ‘Cantata’. (HWV 111) (H-G. L, p. 76). Author of the text unknown. See also R.M.20.d.12. (ff. 33-35); for copies see Add. MSS 14182 (ff. 70-74), 31226 (ff. 46-50v), Eg. 2942 (ff. 48v-50v).

6. ff. 20-23v. ‘Occhi miei che faceste?’ ‘Cantata di G. F. Hendel’. (HWV 146) (H-G. LI, p. 24). ‘Ve lo dissi’ (H-G., p. 25) is marked ‘Aria andante’; ‘Troppo caro’ (H-G., p. 26) has no tempo marked. Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 13v-15), Add. MS. 14182 (ff. 31v-34v).

7. ff. 24-27. ‘Aure soavi, e lieti’ ‘Cantata di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 84) (H-G. L, p. 12). f. 27: Some alterations leading to: ‘Segue l’Aria un tono più alto’. Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 38v-39v), Add. MS. 14182 (ff. 23-25).

8. ff. 28-31. ‘Quando sperasti o core’ ‘Cantata’. (HWV 153) (H-G., LI, p. 64). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Eg. 2942 (ff. 32-34), Add. MS. 29484 (ff. 87v-90).

9. ff. 32-34v. ‘Venne voglia ad Amore’. ‘Cantata di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. ("Amor ucellatore", HWV 176) (H-G. LI, p. 164). At the beginning is a bar of a ‘Sonatina’ (Tenor and Bass) crossed out in ink. Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Eg. 2942 (ff. 20-22).

10. ff. 35-39v. ‘Vedendo Amor’. ‘Cantata di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 175) (H-G. LI, p. 158). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Eg. 2942 (ff. 23-25).

11. ff. 40-43v. ‘Poiche giuraro Amore’. ‘Cantata di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 148) (H-G. LI, p. 48). Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 15v-17v), Add. MS. 14182 (ff. 8v-13).

12. ff. 44-47v. ‘Lungi ne andò Fileno’. ‘Cantata di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 128) (H-G. L, p. 134). Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 64-66v), Add. MSS 29484 (ff. 84-87) and 31574 (ff. 20v-25).

13. ff. 48-51v. ‘Dimmi O mio Cor’. ‘Cantata’. (HWV 106) (H-G. L, p. 83). Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 61v-63v), Add. MS. 14182 (ff. 54v-58v).

14. ff. 52-55v. ‘Manca pur quanto sai’. ‘Cantata’. (HWV 129) (H-G. L, p.140). Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 59v-61), Add. MS. 29484 (ff. 64v-67).

15. ff. 56-57v. ‘Chi rapi la pace’. ‘Cantata’. (HWV 90) (H-G. L, p. 20). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Eg. 2942 (ff. 23-25).

16. ff. 58-60v. ‘Allor ch’io dissi’. ‘Cantata’. (HWV 80) (H-G. L, p. 8). No tempo is marked to ‘Son qual cerva’. (H-G., p. 8). ). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Eg. 2942 (ff. 107v-109).

17. ff. 61-66v. ‘Airs francois de G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 155) (Not in H-G.). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Add. MS. 31573 (ff. 57-59v, b and d only).

a. f. 61 ‘Sans ÿ penser’ ‘Chanson’.

b. ff. 61v-62. ‘S’il ne falloit que bien aimer’. ‘Cantate Francoise par Mr Hendel, with alterations (in pencil) in a later hand.

c. ff. 62v-63. ‘Petite fleur brunette’, with alterations in pencil.

d. ff. 63v-64. ‘Vous qui m’aviez procuré un amour’, with alterations in pencil.

e. ff. 64-65v. ‘Nos plaisirs seront peu durable’.

f. ff. 65v-66. ‘Vous ne scauriez flatter ma peine’.

g. f. 66. ‘Non, je ne puis plus souffrir’. ‘Air’.

18. ff. 67-69v. ‘Menzognere speranze’. ‘Cantata’. (HWV 131) (H-G. L, p. 149). Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 109v-111), Add. MS. 14182 (ff. 1-3v).

19. ff. 70-71v. ‘Care selve’. ‘Cantata’. (HWV 88) (H-G. L, p. 16). Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 71v-73), Add. MS. 14182 (ff. 59-62v).

20. ff. 72-75v. ‘Stelle, perfide stelle’. ‘Partenza di G. B. Cantata di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 168) (H-G. LI, p. 134). Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 40-42), Add. MS. 29484 (ff. 71-73v).

21. ff. 76-78v. ‘Filli adorata’. ‘Cantata’. (HWV 114) (H-G. L, p. 90). Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 73v-75), Add. MS. 14182 (ff. 42v-45).

22. ff. 79-82v. ‘Nice, che fa?’ ‘Cantata’. (HWV 138) (H-G. LI, p. 1). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Eg. 2942 (ff. 75-77v).

23. ff. 83-86v. ‘Nell’africane selve’. ‘Cantata’. ‘G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 136) (H-G. L, p. 172). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Eg. 2942 (ff. 78-80v).

Collection Area:

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040-001948657

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R.M.20.d.11 : George Frideric Handel: Cantatas I. Autograph

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Extent:

1 volume (86 folios)

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Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1740

Date Range:

Early 18th century

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8.75 x 11 in.

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Publications:

Händel-Gesellschaft L, LI. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 101-103.

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Names:

Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759