R.M.23.e.8

(1-30.). ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Vocal arias and duets; 18th century. With accompaniment for instruments as listed below. With separate partbooks for the instrumental parts: the foliation, given below, of the instrumental parts follows the order they are mentioned within the description.

Paper.

1. 3 ff. Logroscino (Nicolo): [Olimpiade] Mentre dormi amor fomenti. Aria sung at the Argentina theatre, 1753; with strings.

2. 2 ff. Conti (Nicolo): Addio mia vita addio. Aria, sung apparently by Giziello (sic); with strings, in score. [RISM: by Conti (Gioacchino)].

3. 24 ff. Casali (Giovanni Battista): [Cinesi] Prenditi il figlio. Scena performed in the Argentina theatre, 1755, consisting of a recitative beginning ‘Questa d’epiro’ followed by this aria; with oboes, horns and strings, in score.

4. 2 ff. Logroscino (Nicolo): Cara ti lascio oh dio. Aria from an opera performed at the Argentina theatre in 1748; with bass accompaniment only. [For another copy see R.M.23.d.19.(8.)].

5. 8 ff. Logroscino (Nicolo): [Olimpiade] Ne giorni tuoi felici. Duet sung at the Argentina theatre, 1753; with horns and strings.

6. 2, 2, 2 ff. Logroscino (Nicolo): Non sospirai consolati. Aria sung at the Argentina theatre in 1748; with violin and bass only. In short score and with 2 separate violin parts.

7. 2, 2, 2 ff. Logroscino (Nicolo): [Olimpiade] So che fedel tu sei. Aria sung at the Argentina theatre, 1748; with violin and bass accompaniment only, in short score. With separate violin parts.

8. 2 ff. Anon: Ah che si belle. Aria; with strings and bass.

9. 4, 2, 2 ff. Logroscino (Nicolo): Donzelle semplici. Aria sung at the Argentina theatre, 1748; with violin and a bass. With separate violin parts.

10. 5 ff. Gluck (Christoph Willibald von): [Clemenza di Tito] Parto ma tu ben mio. Aria; with symphonies and accompaniment for strings.

11. 8 ff. Gluck (Christoph Willibald von): [Clemenza di Tito] Se mai senti spirarti. Aria; with symphonies and accompaniment for oboes, horns and strings.

12. 8 ff. Gluck (Christoph Willibald von): [Clemenza di Tito] Opprimete i contumaci. Aria; with symphonies and accompaniment for strings. [For another copy, a tone lower and with separate parts for violin and viola, see R.M.23.e.8.(13.)].

13. 8, 2, 2, 2 ff. Gluck (Christoph Willibald von): [Clemenza di Tito] Opprimete i contumaci. Aria; with symphonies and accompaniment for strings. With separate violin and viola parts. [For another copy, a tone higher without separate parts, see R.M.23.e.8.(12.)].

14. 12 ff. Anon: [Semiramide] Che quel cor quel ciglio altero. Aria; with flutes and strings.

15. 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1 ff. Bruni (Guglielmo): Tu vedi le lagrime. ‘Aria Con Violini [Viola] Flau[t]I Corni … 1753’. In short score. With separate parts.

16. 4 ff. Anon: Ti seguiro se vuoi. Aria; with strings, in score.

17. 3, 2, 2 ff. Bruni (Guglielmo): Sposa io parto. ‘Aria Con Violini Del Sigr Gug[lielm]o Bruni, 1753’. In short score. With separate parts.

18. 5, 2, 2, 1, 1 ff. Guagliattini (Giacinto): Han le donne d’oggi giorno. Aria sung at the ‘Alla Pallacorde’ theatre in 1753; with symphonies and accompaniment for violin and bass. With separate violin and horn parts.

19. 1 f. Anon: Unnamed fragment for violin and bass, in score.

20. 9 ff. Pergolesi (Giovanni Battista): Mi sta per te nel core (sic).[Per te ho io nel core]. ‘Duetto Buffo’; with symphonies and accompaniment for strings.

21. 4 ff. Feo (Francesco): E voi vi contentate. Duet; with strings.

22. 8 ff. Hasse (Johann Adolf): [Ipermestra] Ah se di te mi privi. Duet; with strings.

23. 4, 2, 2, 2 ff. Capua (Rinaldo di)?: Io non so se amor tu sei. Song; with bass only. With separate violin and viola parts. [For a contemporary copy see R.M.23.e.2.(22.)].

24. 6, 2, 2 ff. Anon: Guardami pria sul volto. Aria preceded by a recitative; with strings.

25. 5, 2, 2, 2 ff. Pelagalli ( ) Abate: Io non so se amor tu sei; 1755. Song; with strings. With separate violin and viola parts.

26. 4, 2, 2, 2 ff. Anon: Per la campagna lieta s’aggira. Song; with violin and bass, in score. Separate violin and viola parts.

27. 10, 2, 2, 2 ff. Anon: Ah non partir t’arresta. Duet; with strings. With separate violin and viola parts.

28. 4 ff. Anon: [Il Re Pastore] Per me rispondete. Aria; with strings, in score. [This is different to the setting found at both R.M.23.e.10.(20.) and R.M.23.d.16.(11.)].

29. 3 ff. Anon: Quell’augellin. Aria; with fragmentary bass accompaniment, in score.

30. 10 ff. Tomeoni (Pellegrino): Lo vedo il confesso. Aria; with oboes, bassoon and strings.

includes:

• Tracts 1, 4-7, 9 Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer: Arias: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
• Tract 2 Gioacchino Conti, composer: 'Addio mia vita addio', aria: 18th cent: Ital: Copy.
• Tract 2 Nicolo Conti, composer: Arias: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
• Tract 3 Giovanni Battista Casali, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
• Tracts 10-13 Christoph Willibald von Gluck, composer: Music manuscripts: 18th cent: Ital, fr: Copies.
• Tracts 15, 17 Guglielmo Bruni, composer: Vocal arias: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
• Tract 18 Giacinto Guagliattini, composer: 'Han le donne d'oggi giorno', aria: 18th cent: Ital: Copy.
• Tract 20 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital, Lat: Copies.
• Tract 21 Francesco Feo, composer: Vocal music: 18th cent: Ital: Copies.
• Tract 22 Johann Adolf Hasse, composer: Vocal music: 18-early 19th cent: Ital, Lat: Copies.
• Tract 25 Pelagalli, Abate; composer: 'Io non so se amor tu sei', song: 18th cent: Ital: Copy.
• Tract 30 Pelligrino Tomeoni, composer: 'Lo vedo il confesso', aria: 18th cent: Ital: Copy.