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R.M.23.e.2

Record Id:

040-001949436

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001948397

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ark:/81055/vdc_100000000335.0x00025f

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ISAD(G)

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R.M.23.e.2

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(1-31.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Opera arias and duets; 18th century. With symphonies and accompaniment for instruments as listed below, in score.

Paper.

1. 4 ff. Alberti (Domenico): [Olimpiade] Che non mi disse un di. Aria; with strings.

2. 8 ff. Capranica (Matteo): Luci amate. Aria inscribed ‘per il Sigr Gizziello’, performed at the Argentina theatre, 1746; with strings.

3. 6 ff. Anon: [Didone] Cadra fra poco in cenere. Aria inscribed (in a different hand from the text) ‘Sigra Americhi, 1724’; with strings.

4. 2 ff. Anon: So che tu l’ami. Aria; with figured bass only.

5. 8 ff. Albinoni (Tommaso): Sei mia speme, mio tesoro. Aria performed at the Capranica theatre and entitled ‘Aria nona anno 1726’; with strings.

6. 2 ff. Sarri (Domenico): Cruda a me! che tanto t’amo? Aria; with bass only.

7. 2 ff. Duni (Egidio Romualdo): (Il Nerone) Ti servi io tiranno. Aria performed in the Tordinona theatre, Rome, ‘nella Primavera, 1735’; with violin and figured bass only.

8. 16 ff. Araja (Francesco): Ritorna ai di sereni. Aria; performed ‘nel teatro delle dame’; with instruments.

9. 2 ff. Feo (Francesco): Si mio bene al tuo bel core. Aria; with bass only.

10. 6 ff. Feo (Francesco): (Ipermestra) A che da te lontano. Aria performed at the Alibert theatre, 1728; with strings.

11. 2 ff. Feo (Francesco): Sempre il fulmine. Aria; with bass only.

12. 2 ff. Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista): [Olimpiade] Che non mi disse un di. Aria performed in the Tordinona theatre, 1735; with figured bass only.

13. 2 ff. Giacomelli (Geminiano): (La Nitocri) Qual sconsolata. Aria performed at the Tordinona theatre in Rome, 1736; with violin and bass.

14. 2 ff. Costanzi (Giovanni Battista): Dal caro tuo pastor. Aria; with bass only.

15. 2 ff. Manna (Gennardo): [Artaserse] Non conosco in tal momento. Aria performed in ‘Napoli 1743 Teatro Reale’; with violin and bass.

16. 4 ff. Giacomelli (Geminiano): Ah non partir t’arresta. Duet performed at the Tordinona, 1736; with violins and a bass.

17. 4 ff. Giacomelli (Geminiano): E puoi, crudel, lasciarmi. Duet performed in 1731; with strings and bass.

18. 2 ff. Leo (Leonardo): Spera spera Dorinda. Aria; with bass only. [For another copy in score see R.M.23.e.2.(19.)].

19. 6 ff. Leo (Leonardo): Spera spera Dorinda. Aria entitled ‘Ottava di Capranica 1726; with strings and bass. [For a copy in short score see R.M.23.e.2.(18.)].

20. 3 ff. Giacomelli (Geminiano): Per te perdo. Aria inscribed ‘Capranica. Per il Sigre Monticelli, 1731’; with strings.

21. 4 ff. Porpora (Nicolo Antonio): Non lascia il ben. Aria; voice part only.

22. 4 ff. Capua (Rinaldo di)?: Io non so se amor tu sei. Song; with bass only. [For a contemporary copy see R.M.23.e.8.(23.)].

23. 8 ff. Anon: Soave pensiero. Aria; with two string orchestras.

24. 4 ff. Metastasio (Pietro): La Liberta a Nice. 4 arias; with bass accompaniment only. ‘Del Sigr Pietro Metastasio Musica Di diversi Autori’, the composers are Costanzi, Pellegrini, Colista and Giura.

25. 15 ff. Anon: Arsinda. Fragments of recitative and aria from the first and second acts of the opera; with bass only. Several pages have been crossed out and corrected, and the script varies.

26. 2 ff. Anon: Amor dover rispetto. Aria; with bass only.

27. 4 ff. Anon: [Alessandro nel Indie] Se mai turbo il tuo riposo. Duet; with bass only. [RISM: Leo (Leonardo) from the opera ‘Alessandro nell’Indie’].

28. 2 ff. Anon: Or ch’a morir m’invio. Voice part only, [?performed at]‘Capranica 1743’.

29. 1 f. Anon: Infelice in questo. Last verse of an aria; with bass only.

30. 1 ff. Vinci (Leonardo): [Artaserse] Vo solcando il mar crudele. Aria, performed at the Alibert theatre in 1730 (Opa 2a); with bass only. [For another contemporary copy see R.M.23.f.2.(16.)].

31. 6 ff. Vinci (Leonardo): (Artaserse) Per quel paterno amplesso. Aria, performed in 1730; with strings.

includes:

Tract 1 Domenico Alberti, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital, Lat: Copies.
Tract 2 Matteo Capranica, composer: 'Luci amate', aria: 18th cent: Ital: Copy.
Tract 5 Tommaso Albinoni, composer: 'Sei mia speme, mio tesoro', aria: aft. 1726: Ital: Copy.
Tract 6 Domenico Sarri, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Tract 7 Egidio Romoaldo Duni, composer: Ti servi io tiranno, from 'Il Nerone': 18th cent: Ital: Copy.
Tract 8 Francesco Araja, composer: 'Ritorna ai di sereni', aria: 18th cent: Ital: Copy.
Tracts 9-11 Francesco Feo, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Tract 12 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital, Lat: Copies.
Tracts 13, 16, 17, 20 Geminiano Giacomelli, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Tracts 14, 24 Giovanni Battista Costanzi, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Lat, Ital: Copies.
Tract 15 Gennaro Manna, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Tracts 18, 19 Leonardo Leo, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital, Lat: Copies.
Tract 21 Nicola Porpora, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Tract 24 Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio, poet and librettist: Music manuscripts , texts by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Metastasio: 18th cent.
Tract 24 Matteo Colista, composer: 'Sogno ma te non miro', aria: 18th cent: Ital: Copy.
Tracts 27, 30, 31 Leonardo da Vinci: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

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Royal Music Library Manuscripts

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032-001948397
040-001949436

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R.M. : Royal Music Library Manuscripts

R.M.23.e.2 : (1-31.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Opera arias and duets; 18th century. With symphonies and accompaniment for instruments as listed…

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Languages:

English
Italian
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

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Names:

Alberti, Domenico, composer
Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni, composer, 1671-1750?
Araja, Francesco, composer
Capranica, Matteo, composer
Colista, Matteo, composer
Costanzi, Giovanni Battista, composer
Duni, Egidio Romualdo, composer, 1708-1775
Feo, Francesco, composer, 1691-1761
Giacomelli, Geminiano, composer, c 1692-1740
Leo, Leonardo, composer
Manna, Gennaro, composer
Metastasio, Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura, poet and librettist, 1698-1782
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista, composer, 1710-1736
Porpora, Nicola, composer
Sarri, Domenico, composer
Vinci, Leonardo da