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R.M.20.g.2
- Record Id:
- 040-001948686
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0003b0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.g.2
- Title:
- G.F. Handel: Ode for Queen Anne’s Birthday (on a text by Ambrose Philips) (Eternal source of light divine, HWV 74); 1713. Autograph.
- Scope & Content:
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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. (Händel-Gesellschaft XLVIa; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/6, 1962). For copies see R.M.19.e.1., Add. MS. 35347. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), p. 170.
ff. i + 36. 11.5 x 9in.
Points of note:
1. f. 1. ‘Eternal source’ (H-G., p. 1). ‘Mr Eilfurt’ (Alto). No tempo is marked.
2. f. 10v. ‘Let all the winged race’ (H-G., p. 21). ‘Mrs. Robison’ (Soprano).
3. f. 14v. ‘Let floks [sic] and herds’. ‘Mrs. Barbier’ (Alto). Version A in H-G., pp. 18-19 is on ff. 14, 16 of the MS.
4. f. 15. ‘Let floks [sic] and herds’. ‘Mr. Eilfurt’. Version B (H-G., pp. 20-22). Voice part and Continuo only.
5. f. 19v. ‘Let rolling streams’ (H-G., p. 24). ‘Mr Hughs’ (Alto); ‘Mr Whaly’ (Bass).
6. f. 30. ‘Let envy then’ (H-G., p. 38). ‘Mr Gates’ (Bass) – in a different handwriting.
7. f. 35. ‘United nations’ (H-G., p. 45). The four solo-voices are not marked ‘Chorus’ (as in H-G.); the other voice-parts are marked ‘Co Eco.’.
Ambrose Philips, poet: Handel's 'Eternal source of light divine', Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne (HWV74) to a libretto by Ambrose Philips: 1713-circa 1765.
George Frideric Handel, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Autogr.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948686 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.g.2 : G.F. Handel: Ode for Queen Anne’s Birthday (on a text by Ambrose Philips) (Eternal source of light divine, HWV 74); 1713. Autograph. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0252]/040-001948686
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.g.2 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1713
- End Date:
- 1713
- Date Range:
- 1713
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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