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R.M.20.e.12
- Record Id:
- 040-001948671
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0003a1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156351463.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.e.12
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Judas Maccabeus (oratorio by Thomas Morell), HWV 63. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 18v, 23v, 38v, 126r and 128v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
Points of note:
1. f. 1. ‘Ouverture Oratorio Judah Maccabeus. angefangen den 9 July ♂ [Tuesday] 1746. od den 8 [here is the astrological symbol for Monday] dieses’.
2. f. 17v. ‘Not vain is all this storm’. Version A (H-G., p. 21); crossed out in pencil from the end of line 3, bar 3.
3. f. 18. Version C (H-G., p. 24) from the beginning of line 2, bar 4. In the Bass clef. At the end: ‘Segue l’Aria Pious Airs in Discant’.
4. f. 19. ‘Pious Orgies’. (H-G., p. 22). Marked (in pencil): ‘ex G# una terza piu alto, im Discant. Israelitish Woman’ [sic].
5. f. 34. An inserted blank leaf, with pencil note by W. G. C[usins].
6. f. 35. The recitative ‘To heav’ns almighty King’ (H-G., p. 46) is followed immediately (f. 35v) by ‘Come ever smiling Liberty’ (H-G., p. 48).
7. f. 37. ‘Oh Judas, may these noble views’. The version on H-G., p. 51.
8. f. 37v. ‘’Tis Liberty’ (H-G., p. 51).
9. f. 39. Another version of the latter part of ‘’Tis Liberty’; crossed out in pencil.
10. f. 47v. End of ‘No unhallow’d desire’ (H-G., p. 69).
11. f. 48. An inserted leaf, with a note in the hand of F. Nicolai.
12. f. 49. ‘Hear us, O Lord’ (H-G., p. 70). A long passage (beginning at the end of H-G., p. 73, line 2, bar 2) has been crossed out in pencil. The version in H-G. begins on f. 52.
13. f. 56. ‘A cancelled (in pencil) end of ‘Hear us, O Lord’, from the beginning of H-G., p. 79, line 1, bar 3 (H-G., p. 79). At the end: ‘Fine dell’Atto primo G. F. H. July 21. [Here is the astrological symbol for Monday] 1746. 22 ♂ [Tuesday]. völlig’.
14. f. 57. ‘Fall’n is the foe’. At the bottom of the page: ‘♀ [Friday]. 25 July. 17[46]’.
15. f. 65v. End of ‘So rapid thy course is’.
16. f. 66. ‘O let eternal honours’ (H-G., p. 110). ‘From mighty kings’. The whole air has been considerably shortened (in ink).
17. f. 89. End of recitatives (H-G., p. 151), version A. The last note but one is E flat (not natural, as in H-G.).
18. f. 89v. ‘Oh never bow we down’. (H-G., p. 158).
19. f. 98v. ‘Fine dell’atto 2d. G. F. H. [Here is the astrological symbol for Saturday] völlig’.
20. f. 107v. End of ‘From Capharsalama’ (H-G., p. 184, version A).
21. f. 108. ‘Sing unto God’ (H-G., p. 190).
22. f. 122. ‘Oh lovely Peace’ (H-G., p. 210, version A). At p. 211, line 2, bar 6: ‘NB. – Qui com[m]incia il Duetto invece dell’Aria ad libitum’.
23. f. 125. A shorter version of ‘Rejoice, oh Judah’. This has been pinned down to f. 126 (a blank leaf).
24. f. 128. Instrumental ritornello, not crossed out, but apparently part of a cancelled ending of the air on f. 129.
25. f. 131v. ‘m. 25. S.D.G. Fine dell’Oratorio G. F. H Agost 11 [here is the astrological symbol for Monday]. 1746 völlig geendiget’.
26. f. 132. ‘Qui com[m]incia il Duetto invece dell’Aria ad libitum’. ‘O lovely Peace’ (H-G., p. 216).
Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Handel's autograph scores annotated by: circa 1760- circa 1809: Autogr.
Thomas Morell, DD: Handel's 'Judas Maccabeus' (HWV63) to a libretto by Thomas Morell: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948671 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.e.12 : George Frideric Handel: Judas Maccabeus (oratorio by Thomas Morell), HWV 63. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0237]/040-001948671
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (138 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156351463.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1746
- End Date:
- 1746
- Date Range:
- 1746
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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9.5 x 11.75 in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.e.12
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft XXII. See also the Preface to H-G. XXII. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 132-133.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)