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R.M.20.e.10
- Record Id:
- 040-001948669
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x00039f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156352790.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.e.10
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Joseph and his Brethren (oratorio by James Miller), HWV 59. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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The Preface to H-G. XLII and the version A printed in the volume contain full information as to the contents of the MS. The following are a few additional details. ff. 108v and 122v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
Points of note:
1. f. 4v. Overture. The Menuet (H-G., p. 7) is not in the MS. Part 1, scene 1, follows immediately after the end of the Allegro.
2. f. 9. (H-G., p. 28). Phanor was originally called ‘C[hief] Butler’ (crossed out, and ‘Phanor’ written).
3. f. 17. At the end of Pharaoh’s recitative (H-G., p. 52): ‘entra il coro’.
4. f. 23v. The passage in dotted brackets (H-G., p. 70) is in the MS. At its end: ‘A March with Trump: Kettle drums &ca. during the Procession’.
5. f. 41. (End of ‘Swift our numbers’): ‘London. G. F. Handel ♀ [Friday] August 26. 1743. völlig geendiget’.
6. f. 41v. The part of Phanor has been originally called Ramse or Ramsey (crossed out, and ‘Phanor’ written). Zaphnath throughout is called Zaphna.
7. ff. 49-54. A version of ‘Our fruits, whilst yet’ in F. Crossed out (not in H-G.).
8. f. 63. ‘Our fruits, whilst yet’. The passages in dotted brackets in H-G., pp. 115-116 are in the MS.
9. ff. 78v-80. ‘The silver stream’ (H-G., pp. 159-163). The version in the MS. differs from that printed.
10. f. 94. (End of ‘O God, who in Thy heav’nly hand’): ‘Fine della parte 2d [here is the astrological symbol for Monday] September 12. 1743. völlig’.
11. f. 94v. The Sinfonia (H-G., p. 188) is not in the MS. (See infra, f. 121).
12. f. 98v. ‘The people’s favour’. In E major. Marked in pencil: ‘Ex D# un tono piu basso’, and ‘Come sta’.
13. f. 118v. Ends ‘O Asenath was still the same’. ‘Segue il Duetto’ (H-G., p. 236).
14. f. 119. An inserted leaf of the recitative of scene 5.
15. f. 120. Inserted leaf with a note in the hand of F. Nicolai.
16. f. 121. The Sinfonia (H-G., p. 188).
James Miller, dramatist: Handel's 'Joseph and his Brethren' (HWV59) to a libretto by James Miller: 1743-1767.
Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Handel's autograph scores annotated by: circa 1760- circa 1809: Autogr.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948669 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.e.10 : George Frideric Handel: Joseph and his Brethren (oratorio by James Miller), HWV 59. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0235]/040-001948669
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (122 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156352790.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1743
- End Date:
- 1743
- Date Range:
- 1743
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
- 9.5 x 11.75in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.e.10
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft XLII. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 128-129.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)