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R.M.20.g.8
- Record Id:
- 040-001948692
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0003b6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156352035.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.g.8
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. III. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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On f. i is a list of contents.
1. ff. 1-6v. ‘Mi palpita il cor’ ‘Cantata’ (HWV 132c). For Alto, Flute and Continuo (H-G L, No. 33, p. 153; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe V/4, 1995). See also R.M.20.e.4. (ff. 1-8); for copies see Add. MSS 29484 (ff. 56v-59v), 31574 (ff. 29-34v).
2. ff. 7-22v. ‘I will magnifie thee o God my King’ ‘Anthem’ (Chapel Royal Anthem Vb, HWV 250b) (H-G XXXIV, No 5b, p. 169; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe III/9, 1992). The names of the soloists are: ‘Mr Hughs’ (i.e., Francis Hughes, Alto’ entered the Chapel Royal in 1708, died in 1744); ‘Mr Wheeley’ (i.e., Samuel Weeley, Bass; entered the Chapel Royal in 1714, died in 1743); ‘Getting’ (i.e., John or Thomas Gethin, Tenor; entered the Chapel Royal in 1716 and was there in 1720; there is no record of his death in the Cheque Book). A pencil cut is marked from the end of H-G., p. 173, line 1, bar 2; the abbreviated passage is written in pencil at the end of the solo, with a note at the end: ‘NB. vide infra my mouth shall’. From the end of H-G., p. 191, line 1, bar 2 all is wanting. For copies see R.M.19.g.1.vol.2 (ff. 1-43), R.M.18.b.7. (ff. 1-18), Eg. 2911.
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
040-001948692 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.g.8 : George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. III. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0258]/040-001948692
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (i + 22 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156352035.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1705
- End Date:
- 1730
- Date Range:
- c 1710-c 1725
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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10.5 x 8 in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.g.8
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft L, XXXIV. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), p. 184.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)