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R.M.20.g.4
- Record Id:
- 040-001948688
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0003b2
- LARK:
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.g.4
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. V. Autograph.
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 20v, 33v, 56, 57v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
1. ff. 1-20. Te Deum in A major (HWV 282) (H-G XXXVII, No 3, p. 109). For copies see R.M.19.g.1.vol.1 (ff. 123-156), Add. MS. 29998. The opening chorus is arranged as follows: ‘Chorus’ (S.); ‘Mr Hughs’ (A.); ‘Chorus’ (A.); ‘Chorus’ (T.); ‘Mr Wheely’ (B.); ‘Mr Gates’ (B.); ‘Chorus’ (B.). f. 3: End of ‘We praise Thee’ (H-G., p. 114). ‘To the [sic] all angels from the other Score’. f. 3v: ‘To Thee Cherubim’ (H-G., p. 117). ‘Mr Hughs’ (Alto solo). f. 5. ‘The goodly fellowship of the prophets’ (H-G., p. 119). ‘Mr Getting’ (Tenor solo). f. 8: ‘When Thou tookest upon Thee’ (H-G., p. 122). ‘Mr Hughs’ (Alto solo). f. 15v: ‘Vouchsafe O Lord’ (H-G., p. 132). ‘Mr Hughs’ (Alto solo). f. 20: ‘S.D.G.’.
2. ff. 21-37v. ‘Let God arise’ (Anthem for the Chapel Royal 11b, HWV 256b) (H-G. XXXV, p. 263; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe III/9, 1992). For copies see Eg. 2911 (ff. 22-48), Add. MS. 29998 (ff. 29v-51v). The opening chorus is arranged as follows: [Soprano]; ‘Mr Hughs’ (Alto); ‘Chorus’ [Tenor]; ‘Mr Wheely’ (Bass); ‘Chorus’ (Bass). f. 27: ‘Like as the smoke’ (H-G. p. 277); ‘Mr Wheely’ (B.). f. 29v: ‘Lke a wax meltheth’ (H-G., p. 280); ‘Mr Hughs’ (A.). f. 32: ‘O sing unto God’ (H-G., p. 285); ‘Mr Hughs’; ‘Mr Wheely’. f. 37v: Ends at H-G., p. 298, bar 1. The rest is missing.
3. ff. 38-61. The Deum in D Major (HWV 280) (H-G. XXXVII, No 1, p. 1). For copies see R.M.19.e.2., Eg. 2914 (ff. 116-129). f. 38: ‘We praise Thee O Lord’ [sic]. The solos are marked ‘Verse’ and the fortes ‘Loud’ throughout the MS. f. 38v: The names of the singers have been altered at different times. Alto: - ‘Mr. Eilfort’, ‘Hughs’, ‘Mr Bayley’ – all crossed out. ‘Mr. Leigh’. Tenor: - ‘Mr Menz’. Bass: - ‘Mr Gates’, ‘Beker’, ‘Whely’ – all crossed out. ‘Mr Wase’. Similar alterations appear throughout. f. 41v: ‘To Thee Cherubin’. ‘Mr Bayley’, ‘Mr Hughs’ – both crossed out. ‘Mr. Leigh’. f. 49: ‘When Thou tookest upon Thee’ (H-G., p. 11). ‘Mr Menz’, ‘Mr Eilfort’, ‘Hughs’(in pencil) – all crossed out. ‘Mr Baily’. Note at the top of the page (in pencil in another handwriting): ‘Teede and Richter’. f. 55v: Part of ‘Vouchsafe, O Lord’ (H-G., p. 18, version A), marked ‘Mr. Hughs’. This page has been fastened down. ff. 56v-57: ‘Vouchsafe, O Lord’ (H-G., p. 19, version B). ‘Mr. Hughs’. ‘Mr. Bayly’. A MS. note (by Dr. Burney?) states: ‘This is all Mr Smith’s handwriting except the name of Bayly’. Note in pencil (in another handwriting): ‘Teede & Richter’; ‘Bass part for Deidrick and Gillier of this movement’. f. 58. The end of ‘Vouchsafe, O Lord’ (version A). Formerly fastened down.
Charles Burney, Mus.D: Handel's autograph scores with notes by: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948688 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.g.4 : George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. V. Autograph. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0254]/040-001948688
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (i + 61 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.g.4 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1709
- End Date:
- 1732
- Date Range:
- c 1714-c 1727
- Era:
- CE
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11.5 x 9.5 in.
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- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.g.4
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft XXXV, XXXVII. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 176-177.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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