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R.M.20.g.5
- Record Id:
- 040-001948689
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0003b3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156353013.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.g.5
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278) and Jubilate (HWV 279). Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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The MSS. of both works are foliated in pencil by Handel [?dubious]. ff. 42v, 72v and 73v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
Points of note:
1. f. 3. ‘tous les Hautb.’ (H-G., p. 3, line 2) is written below the 1st Violin and 1st Oboe part.
2. f. 42. ‘S.D.G. G. F. H. Londres ce 14 de Janv. v[ieux]. st[yle]. a 1712’.
3. f. 50v. The MS. from the end of H-G., p. 52 to the end of p. 54 is missing. On f. 51 is a note by Nicolai " There are 23 bars wanting at the end of this movement".
4. f. 52. ‘Be ye sure’ (H-G., p. 55), ‘Mr Hughs’ (Alto 1); ‘Mr Whale’ (Bass).
5. f. 53. ‘We are his people’. A pencil note refers to the last leaf of the MS. (f. 73), on which is another ending to the duet, from the end of H-G., p. 57, line 2, bar 2.
6. f. 58v. ‘For the Lord’ (H-G., p. 66). ‘Mr Elfurth’ (Alto 1); ‘Mr Hughs’ (Tenor); ‘Mr. Whale’ (crossed out); ‘Mr Gates’ (Bass).
7. f. 72. ‘S.D.G. G. F. Hendel… 1713’. The date has been cut by the binder.
8. f. 73. See supra, note to f. 53.
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
040-001948689 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.g.5 : George Frideric Handel: Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278) and Jubilate (HWV 279). Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0255]/040-001948689
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (ii + 73 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156353013.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1712
- End Date:
- 1713
- Date Range:
- 1712-1713
- Era:
- CE
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 11.25 x 9in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.g.5
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft XXXI; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe III/3, 1999. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 178-179.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)