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R.M.20.e.2
- Record Id:
- 040-001948661
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000397
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156351537.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.e.2
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Cantatas IV. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 25 and 26, 68 and 69 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 25a and 68a; ff. 1v, 10v, 29v, 55v, 68v and 74v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
1. f. 1-10v. ‘Armida abbandonata. Cantata a voce Sola con Stromenti di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 105) (H-G. LII a, p. 153). f. 1: ‘L’Arminda [sic] Cantata a voce sola con VV’ (title page only). Author of the text unknown.
2. ff. 11-18v. ‘Un’alma innamorata’. ‘Cantata con Stromenti di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 173) (H-G. LII b, p. 92). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Add. MS. 31555 (ff. 186-195).
3. ff. 19-25v. ‘Clori, mia bella Clori’. ‘Cantata con Stromenti di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 92) (H-G. LII a, p. 107). The air ‘Di gelosia’ (H-G., p. 111) is marked ‘Allegro’. Author of the text unknown.
4. ff. 26-29. ‘Pensieri notturni di Filli. Cantata a voce Sola con flauto di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 134) (H-G. LII b, p. 30). First line: "Nel dolce oblio". ). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Add. MS. 31555 (ff. 172-177).
5. ff. 30-47v. ‘Oh come chiare e belle’. ‘Cantata a 3. Olinto, Pastore, Tebro fiume, Gloria’. (HWV 143) (H-G. LII b, p. 38). The note (H-G., p. 50) should read: ‘Rittornello tutta l’Aria da capo la prima volta forte la 2 piano fin all’ultima clausula’. The air ‘Io torno a sperare’ (p.52) is marked ‘Allegro’. ). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Add. MS. 31555 (ff. 230-251).
6. ff. 48-55. ‘Spande ancor’. ‘Cantata per voce Sola di Basso con stromenti di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 165) (H-G. LII b, p. 60). ). Author of the text unknown.
7. ff. 56-68. ‘Tu fedel, tu costante’. ‘Cantata a voce sola con stromenti di G. F. Hendel’ [sic]. (HWV 171) (H-G. LII b, p. 79).
8. ff. 69-74. ‘No se emenderà’. ‘Cantata Spagnuola a voce sola e chitarra’. (HWV 140) (H-G. LII b, p. 34). Text in Spanish. Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Add. MS. 31573 (ff. 57-60).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948661 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.e.2 : George Frideric Handel: Cantatas IV. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0227]/040-001948661
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (74 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156351537.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1740
- Date Range:
- Early 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 8.25 x 11 in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.e.2
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft LII a, LII b; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe V/3, V/4, V/5. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 109-110.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)