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R.M.20.g.9
- Record Id:
- 040-001948693
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0003b7
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156352059.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.g.9
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. I. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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Between ff. 21 and 22, 35 and 36, 38 and 39, 46 and 47 are single folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank foliated respectively 21a, 35a, 38a and 46a; ff. 26v, 30v, 35v, 46v and 51v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank.
1. ff. 1-21v. ‘Mottetto’ ‘Silete venti’ (HWV 242) (H-G.XXXVIII, No 6, p. 144). The solo ‘Surgant venti’ (H-G., p. 156) on ff. 13-16v has the Italian words (‘Spira una aura’) written above the Latin text as an additional song in a later alteration of the 1732 version of Esther.
2. ff. 22-26. ‘Caro autor di mia doglia’. Duet. (HWV 182a) (H-G.XXXII, No 1a, p. 1). See also below, f. 31.
3. ff. 27-30. ‘Giù nei Tartarei regni’ ‘a 2’. (HWV 187) (H-G.XXXII, No 2, p. 24).
4. ff. 31-35. ‘Caro autor di mia doglia’ ‘Do di G. F. Handel’ (HWV 182b) (H-G.XXXII, No 1b, p. 10). Unfinished. See also above, f. 22.
5. ff. 36-38v. ‘Quel fior ch’all’alba ride’. ‘Duetto di G. F. Handel’ (HWV 192) (H-G.XXXII, No 15, p. 116). At the end: ‘ a Londra. a’1 di Luglio 1741 [here is the astrological symbol for Wednesday] July ye 1. 1741’. See also R.M.20.g.14. (f. 51).
6. ff. 39-42v. ‘Nò di voi non vuò fidarmi’. ‘‘Duetto di G. F. Handel’ (HWV 189) (H-G.XXXII, No 16, p. 122). At the end: ‘ a Londra. a’3 di Luglio. 1741. ♀ [Friday] July ye 3. 1741’. See also below f. 47.
7. ff. 43-46. ‘Beato in ver chi può’. ‘Do di G. F. Handel. Beatus ille of Horace’ (HWV 181; text from Quintus Oratius Flaccus, "Beatus ille qui procul negotiis") (H-G.XXXII, No 18, p. 138). At the end: ‘Fine G. F. Handel London Octobr 31. 1742’.
8. ff. 47-51. ‘Nò di voi non vuò fidarmi’. ‘Do di G. F. Handel’ (HWV 190) (H-G.XXXII, No 17, p. 130). At the end: ‘G F Handel London Nov. 2. ♂ [Tuesday]. 1742’. See also above f. 39.
9. ff. 52-56v. ‘Fronda leggiera e mobile’. ‘Do di G. F. Handel’ (HWV 186) (H-G.XXXII, No 19, p. 144). For a copy see R.M.19.e.7. (ff. 52-58).
10. ff. 57-60v. ‘Ahi nelle sorti umane’. ‘Do di G. F. Handel’ (HWV 179) (H-G.XXXII, No 20, p. 152). At the end: ‘Fine [here is the astrological symbol for Saturday] August 31. 1745’. For a copy see R.M.19.e.7. (ff. 71-76).
11. ff. 61-64v. ‘Langue, geme’ ‘a 2’ (HWV 188; on a text by G.D. De Totis) (H-G.XXXII, No 13, p. 102). For copies see R.M.18.b.14. (ff. 71-75), R.M.19.e.7. (ff. 53-56), Egerton 2943 (ff. 53v-56v).
12. ff. 65-68v. ‘ Se tu non lasci amore’ ‘a 2’ (HWV 193) (H-G.XXXII, No 14, p. 108). Incomplete; wanting all p. 115 of H-G. For copies see R.M.18.b.14. (ff. 75v-82v), R.M.19.e.7. (ff. 77-84), Eg. 2943 (ff. 48v-53).
13. f. 69. Inserted leaf, a note in the hand of F. Nicolai.
Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Handel's autograph scores annotated by: circa 1760- circa 1809: Autogr.
includes:
- f. 18 Jean Racine, French poet: Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Alexander Pope, poet: Handel's 'Esther' (HWV50) to a libretto by Alexander Pope, and Dr John Arbuthnot after a text by Jean Racine: 18th cent.
- ff. 43-46 Quintus Horatius Flaccus, poet: Handel's Cantata 'Beato inver chi può' (HWV181) to a text by Quintus Horatius Flaccus: circa 1707-circa 1745: Ital.
- ff. 61-64 Giuseppe Domenico de Totis, librettist: Handel's Cantata 'Langue, geme, sospira' (HWV188) to a text by Giuseppe Domenico de Totis: 18th cent: Ital.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948693 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.g.9 : George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. I. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0259]/040-001948693
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (69 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156352059.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1702
- End Date:
- 1750
- Date Range:
- c 1707-c 1745
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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9.25 x 11.5 in.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=R.M.20.g.9
- Publications:
- Händel-Gesellschaft XXXII, XXXVIII. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 185-186.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)