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R.M.20.g.10
- Record Id:
- 040-001948694
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001948397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x0003b8
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156351980.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- R.M.20.g.10
- Title:
- George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VIII. Autograph
- Scope & Content:
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On f. ii is a list of contents; f. 36v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. ff. 1-13 are copies in Handel’s hand of movements from Antonio Lotti’s Missa Sapientiae [see Music & Letters, 70: 4 (Nov. 1989), p. 537].
1. ff. 1-9. ‘Gloria in excelsis’ in G major for S.S.A.T.B., Oboe, two Violins, two Violas, Basses and Organ (HWV 245). The words only occasionally written. It is probably a copy, but has not been identified. It is not from one of F. J. Habermann’s masses. [Lotti]
2. ff. 9v-13v. ‘Kyrie eleison’ in G minor, for four voices, two Violins, two Violas, Basses and Continuo. Unfinished, the words very rarely indicated. Probably a copy, but unidentified. Not from one of F.J. Habermann’s masses. [Lotti]
3. ff. 14-22v. ‘Mottetto, a 6 voci per ogni tempo ex Ψ 79. Del E. D. Giovanni Legrenzi di D. Giovanna fran.’ ‘Intret in cospectu tuo’, for S.S.S.A.T.B., with figured bass. [in Handel’s hand]
4. ff. 23-36v. ‘As pants the hart’ (Chapel Royal Anthem VId, HWV 251d). Anthem for S.A.A.T.B.B. and figured bass (H-G. XXXIV, No 6d p. 277; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe III/9, 1992). A copy, written (according to Chrysander) by the younger Smith [now generally agreed to be autograph; Add. MS. 30308 has the autograph of No 6c]. The following names of singers are given: ‘Mr Hughs’ (Alto 1); ‘Mr Bell’ (Alto 2); ‘Mr Wheley’ (Bass 1); ‘Mr Gates’ (Bass 2).
Frederick Nicolay, royal musician and librarian: Handel's autograph scores annotated by: circa 1760- circa 1809: Autogr.
includes:
- ff. 1-13v Antonio Lotti, composer: George Frideric Handel, composer: "Missa sapientiae" by Antonio Lotti, in the hand of George Frideric Handel: circa 1740 - circa 1750.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Royal Music Library Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001948397
040-001948694 - Is part of:
- R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts
R.M.20.g.10 : George Frideric Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VIII. Autograph - Hierarchy:
- 032-001948397[0260]/040-001948694
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: R.M.
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (iii + 36 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100156351980.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1735
- End Date:
- 1755
- Date Range:
- c 1740-c 1750
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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9.5 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.10
- Publications:
- See Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), p. 187.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)