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R.M.20.g.14

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040-001948698

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032-001948397

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R.M.20.g.14

Title:

George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music V. Autograph

Scope & Content:

Lettered on binding: ‘Sketches of Fughes [sic] &c.’.

1. ff. 1-5v. ‘Sonata 5’. Op. V, No 5 (HWV 400) (H-G. XXVII, p. 182). Wanting the Air and Bourrée. For copies see R.M.19.f.6. (ff. 35-43v); R.M.19.g.6. (ff. 44-48).

2. ff. 6-9v. ‘Sonata 6’. Op. V, No 6 (HWV 401) (H-G. XXVII, p. 188). All is wanting after the end of H-G., p. 191, line 5, bar 5. For copies see R.M.19.f.6. (ff. 44-52v); R.M.19.g.6. (ff. 49-53).

3. f. 10. The end of the final Allegro of a Concerto for Organ and string in F [i.e. 2nd set no. 1, HWV 295, the remainder of the autograph is in R.M.20.g.12, ff-19-21], founded on the Allegro in Sonata 6 of Op. V (H-G. XXVII, p. 191). At the end: ‘Adag ad libit’ (in pencil). ‘Fine G. F. H. London. April 2 1739’. For a copy see Eg. 2945 (ff. 43-52).

4. ff. 11-21. ‘Sonata a 5’ (HWV 288) (H-G. XXI, p. 108).

5. ff. 21v-22v. ‘Sonata’. ‘Allegro’. The Andante from the 7^th Suite (HWV 432) (H-G. II, p. 45), with slight differences.

6. ff. 23-24v. Fugue (No 1, H-G. II, p. 161) (HWV 605).

7. f. 25. ‘Prelud’. 8^th Suite (H-G. II, p. 54). The page contains two rejected versions of the first five bars.

8. f. 26. Fugue. 8^th Suite (H-G. II, p. 55)

9. f. 27v. A fragment (Hornpipe?) in D minor (Treble and Bass).

10. f. 28. ‘Fuga’ (No 6, H-G. II, p. 173).

11. ff. 30-32v. Fugue. (No 2 H-G. II, p. 163). Now thought to be autograph.

12. ff. 33-34v. Fugue. (No 3, H-G. II, p. 166).

13. ff. 35-36v. Fugue. (No 4, H-G. II, p. 168).

14. ff. 37-38. The Allegro from the 3^rd Suite (H-G. II, p. 13). The page is numbered ‘7’. The movement (which has no tempo marked) is preceded by two bars which do not belong to the Suite.

15. f. 38v. A Fragment for two Violins and Bass. (Chandos Anthem: ‘In the Lord I put my trust’. Second movement of the Introduction, H-G. XXXIV, p. 38).

16. f. 39. ‘Allegro’. 2^nd Suite (H-G. II, p. 7).

17. f. 40. A piece for Harpsichord in F (Courante, H-G. II, p. 142).

18. ff. 41-42v. Fugue. (No 5, H-G. II, p. 171).

19. ff. 43-45v. ‘Concerto’ for Organ, Oboes and Strings. Op. VII, No 6. (H-G. XXVIII, p. 135). The first movement only. The last three bars are crossed out in pencil.

20. ff. 46-48v. ‘Concerto per l’Organo ed altri stromenti’. ‘angefangen January 1. 1751. ♂ [Tuesday]’. A first version of the Allegro from Op. VII, No 3 (H-G. XXVIII, p. 102). Ending at the end of the second beat of the last bar of H-G., p. 105.

21. f. 49. ‘Menuet’ (from the Overture to Jephtha, H-G. XLIV, p. 6). Treble and Bass only.

22. f. 49. ‘Andante’. Common time, Treble and Bass. [This idea was used in ‘Bright scenes I see above’ in Jephtha].

23. f. 49v. Sketch in B flat; common time, Treble and Bass. [This idea was used in ‘Ever faithful ever sure’ in Jephtha].

24. f. 49v. Sketch in E flat; common time, two Trebles and Bass.

25. f. 50. Sketch in F minor; alla breve time, two Violins, Viola and Bass.

26. f. 51. Sketch in D major; common time, Treble and Bass. (Sonata, Op. 1 No 13, Allegro, H-G. XXVII, p. 47).

27. f. 51. Sketch in A major; triple time, Treble and Bass. (Chandos Anthems, H-G. XXXV, p. 66).

28. f. 51. Sketch in D minor (common time) in two parts on Treble stave.

29. f. 51. Sketch in F major (common time) in two parts on Treble stave.

30. f. 51. Sketch in B flat; common time, Treble and Bass (slightly altered froma Fugue in G. Muffat’s ‘Componimenti’; H-G. edition, p. 78).

31. f. 51. Sketch in G minor; common time, Treble and Bass. (Saul, H-G. XIII, p. 108).

32. f. 51. Sketch in C minor; common time, Treble and Bass.

33. f. 52. A short movement in G minor; 6/8 time, Treble and Bass.

34. f. 52. A short movement in G minor; ¾ time, Treble and Bass. [This idea was used in ‘In gentle murmurs’ in Jephtha].

35. f. 52v. A blank page at the top of which is written: ‘Mr. Barry for the Charity play’.

36. f. 53. ‘Allegro’. (Organ Concerto; H-G. XLVIII, p. 64).

37. f. 56. ‘Concerto’. . ‘Andante’. (Organ Concerto; H-G. XLVIII, p. 57), which omits an ‘ad lib.’ at the end of bar 3, line 3 of p. 58, and another at the end of bar 1, line 1 of p. 60. In the margin of f. 59v the following note is also omitted: ‘Organo adagio ad libitum et poi una Fuga allegro ad libitum’. At the end of the movement: ‘poi segue 9/8:’ – probably to be read as following the preceding marginal note.

38. f. 60. ‘Harp[eggio]’. (Lesson for Harpsichord; H-G. II, p. 140).

39. ff. 60-61. Second movement of Suite 6 for Harpsichord; (H-G. II, p. 39). No tempo is marked. At the end: ‘Segue la Fuga’.

40. ff. 61v-62. Last movement of the same Suite.

41. f. 62v. ‘Harp[eggio]’ in F sharp minor, for Harpsichord.

includes:

f. 51 Charles Jennens, author and librettist: Selections from Handel's 'Saul' (HWV53) to a libretto by Charles Jennens: circa 1738-1751.

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R.M.20.g.14 : George Frideric Handel: Instrumental music V. Autograph

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Start Date:

1705

End Date:

1756

Date Range:

c 1710-c 1751

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9.25 x 11.5 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.14

Publications:

Händel-Gesellschaft II, XXI, XXVII, XXVIII, XLVIII. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 199-201.

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Names:

Handel, George Frideric, composer, 1685-1759
Jennens, Charles, author and librettist, 1700-1773