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R.M.20.e.5
- Record Id:
- 040-001948664
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x00039a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156351717.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.e.5
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Cantatas VII. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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f. 9v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
1. ff. 1-3v. ‘La Solitudine’. ‘Cantata’. For Alto and figured bass (HWV 121) (H-G. L, p. 107). Unfinished, ending in sketches. The words of the unset recitative (H-G., p. 109) should read: ‘Non v’è delizia humana soave più…dalle cure lontana vivo lieti i miei giorni’, etc. Author of the text unknown.
2. ff. 4-7v. ‘Cuopre talvolta il cielo’. ‘Cantata a voce solo con stromenti’. For Bass (HWV 98) (H-G. LII a, p. 121). Author of the text unknown. For a copy see Add. MS. 31555 (ff. 259-267).
3. ff. 8-9. ‘Se pari è la tua fe’. ‘Cantata X’ For Soprano and figured bass (HWV 158) (H-G. LI, p. 102). Author of the text unknown. For copies see Eg. 2942 (ff. 51-53v), Add. MSS. 14212 (ff. 2-8v), 29484 (ff. 67v-70v), 31574 (ff. 6v-10v).
4. f. 10. ‘La Bianca Rosa. Cantata’. For Soprano and figured bass (HWV 160) (H-G. LI, p. 86). The first two words only of the recitative ‘Se vien’ are written, but with all the notes. At the end: ‘Aria, e certo all’or. ex A #’. Author of the text unknown. See also below; for copies see R.M.19.e.7. (ff. 102-105v), Eg. 2942 (ff. 10-11v) and Add. MS. 14182 (ff. 17v-22v).
5. ff. 11-12. ‘La Bianca Rosa. Cantata’. For Soprano and figured bass (H-G. L, p. 76). The alternative ending (H-G., p. 79, B) is pencilled in the MS. Author of the text unknown. See above.
6. f. 12v. ‘Air’ in A major, for harpsichord (HWV 468). In a later handwriting. A version of a tune used by M. A. Cesti, A. Scarlatti and by Handel in Agrippina, La Resurrezione, the Cantata ‘Ah crudel nel pianto mio’, and Joshua. (See F. Chrysander, G. F. Handel, Leipzig, 1858, vol. I, p. 196).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948664 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.e.5 : George Frideric Handel: Cantatas VII. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0230]/040-001948664
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156351717.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1704
- End Date:
- 1736
- Date Range:
- [1705?-1735?]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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9 x 11.25 in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.e.5
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft L, LI, LII a; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe V/3. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), p. 114.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)