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R.M.20.f.11
- Record Id:
- 040-001948682
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0003ac
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156351862.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.f.11
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VII. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
-
ff. 7v, 21v and 28v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. Arias with Italian text and instrumental accompaniments. ff. 28. 9.5 x 11.5 in.
1. ff. 1-4v. ‘L’insaziabil fantasia risvegli stravaganti desiri’, recitative, and ‘Troppo audace umano stuolo’, air, for ‘Sigr Andre[oni]’. An addition to L’allegro (HWV 55). See R.M.20.d.5.
2. ff. 5-7. ‘D’ogni crudel martir il torbido pensier’. Duet (S.S.). [for the 1725 revival of Rodelinda HWV19]. See R.M.20.c.4.
3. f. 8. A fragment of an air (A.) beginnig: ‘…venl ta [?] un cor amante. [The continuation of ‘Benche tuoni’, aria from R.M.20.c.12, f. 4v (Teseo HWV 9, H-G. LX, p. 71)]. See R.M.20.c.12.
4. ff. 9-10v. ‘Aure dolci deh spirate’. Air (A.). (HWV 211). Author of the text unknown.
5. ff. 11-12v. ‘Quanto più amara fu sorte crudele’. Air (S.). (HWV 222). Author of the text unknown.
6. ff. 13-14v. ‘Con doppia gloria mia’. Air (S.). (HWV 212). Author of the text unknown. [See also Julian Marshall Cat. Sotheby’s S.C.S. 875, 878 (see A. H. King, Some British Collectors of Music, Cambridge, 1963)].
7. ff. 15-16v. ‘Spera chi sà perche la sorte’. Air (A.), wanting the end. (HWV 225). Author of the text unknown.
8. ff. 17-18v. ‘S’un dí m’appaga la mia crudele contento’. Air (S.). (HWV 223). Author of the text unknown.
9. ff. 19-21v. ‘Ogni tu[a] bella stilla’. Air (S.). [Additional aria for the 1717 revival of Rinaldo (HWV 7), as well as no. 12 below. See Abraham, Gerald, Handel. A Symposium. London, 1954, p. 292. Both are in the libretto of 1717]. See R.M.20.c.3.
10. ff. 22-23v. ‘Dolce riso, dolci sguardi’. Air (S.). Aria for Admeto (HWV 18). Autograph lost, see also R.M.20.d.2. (ff. 9-10), and R.M.19.c.1.
11. ff. 24-25v. ‘Vò cercando tra i fiori’. Air (S.). (HWV 227). Author of the text unknown.
12. ff. 26-28v. ‘Sorte, amor, vuol che quest’alma’. Air (A.). [Additional aria for the 1717 revivial of Rinaldo (HWV 7), as well as no. 9 above. Abraham, Gerald, Handel. A Symposium. London, 1954, p. 292. Both are in the libretto of 1717]. See R.M.20.c.3.
John Milton, poet: Charles Jennens, author and librettist: Handel's 'L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato' (HWV55) to a libretto by Charles Jennens, after a text by John Milton: 18th cent: Eng, ital.
includes:
- ff. 5-7 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Antonio Salvi, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Rodelinda' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Antonio Salvi: 18th cent: Ital.
- f. 8 Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, poet and theatre manager: Philippe Quinault, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Teseo' to a libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after a text by Philippe Quinault: 18th cent: Ital.
- ff. 19-21, 26-29 Giacomo Rossi, librettist: Aaron Hill, playwright and theatre manager: Selections from Handel's 'Rinaldo' to a libretto by Giacomo Rossi, after a scenario by Aaron Hill: circa 1710-circa 1745: Ital.
- ff. 22-23 Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro, librettist: Aurelio Aureli, librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Admeto' , after texts by Aurelio Aureli and Bartolomeo Ortensio Mauro: 18th cent: Ital.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948682 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.f.11 : George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VII. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0248]/040-001948682
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156351862.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1720
- End Date:
- 1750
- Date Range:
- c 1725-c 1745
- Era:
- CE
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- Publications:
- See Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), p. 163.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)