Add MS 31576

passim Movements from concertos by Handel (op. 3 and op. 6).

passim Concertos, or portions of concertos, in score (some of them in short score, with figured basses). Except where the contrary is stated, they are by Handel, namely nos. 1-6, 11-14, 18, and 19, from op. 6 ['Twelve Grand Concertos, for violins ... in seven parts,' composed in 1739 and published in 1740]; nos. 7-10, from op. 3 ['VI Concerti Grossi,' for wind instruments and strings with harpsichord or organ, published in 1734]; and nos. 17, 20, 21 from other works described below.

1. Allegro, from no. 1 (of op. 6). f. 3b. 2. Allegro, from no. 5. f. 6b. 3. Allegro ma non troppo, from no. 2. f. 9b. 4. Largo and Allegro, from no. 9. ff. 12,12b. 5. Largo, from no. 2. f. 17. 6. Larghetto, from no. 12. f. 18. 7. Allegro, from no. 2 (of op. 3). f. 21b. 8. Fugue, from no. 5. f. 23b. 9. Two Allegros, from no. 4. ff. 25b, 27b. 10. Allegro, from no. 5. f. 31. 11. Allegro, from no. 5 (of op. 6). f. 33. 12. Largo affettuoso, Allegro ma non troppo, and Largbetto; from no. 6. ff. 36b, 38, 39b. 13. Allegro, from no. 11. f. 43b. 14. Lento, from no. 10. f. 46. 15. Movement (common time) in B flat. '[Giovanni Battista] Martini.' f. 47. 16. 'L'Arte della Fuga a 4 parte reale' (sic); by '[F.] Geminiani' [from no. 1 of 'Concerti Grossi ... opa vii ... 1748 ']. ff. 50b-54. 17. Andante non presto, from the 'Concerto Grosso' in C known as 'Im Alexander-feste,' 1736. Eight bars are omitted at the end of the 6th line of the score. f. 58. 18. Siciliana, from no. 8 (of op. 6, by Handel). f. 59b. 19. Andante and Allegro, from no. 11. ff. 62, 68. 20. Two Allegros from the 'Concerto Grosso' in C (cf. no. 17). ff. 73, 76. 21. The Concerto in B flat, published by the Handel-Gesellschaft, vol. xxi, p. 85. ff. 79-82. 22. Movement (common time) in G. '[? Franz Xaver] Richter.' f. 89. 23. Andante in E flat, from a Concerto for horns, oboes, and strings, with a figured bass for harpsichord. '[Nicolò] Jomelli.' ff. 95-100.

passim. Compositions, apparently written for 3 strings, with a figured bass for harpsichord, in score. 1. Fugue in F minor. '[Domenico ?] Scarlatte.' f. 1. 2. Movement in B flat (common time). 'Handel.' f. 28b. 3. Movement in G minor (3/8 time). This and nos. 4, 5, are by '[? Giovanni Battista] Martini.' f. 101. 4. Movement in A (3/4 time). f. 102. 5. Pastorale in G. f. 103b.

f. 54 (mid. 18th cent.). Movements from the same work by Handel.

ff. 54-58. Sonatas for 2 violins, flutes, or oboes, with a bass, by Handel.

ff. 54-58. Single movements, in score, from the same works, by Handel. 1. Piece unnamed [Saraband from no. 3 of VII Sonate a tre, op. 5]. f. 54. 2. Larghetto [from no. 5 of IX Sonate a tre, op. 2]. f. 55. 3. Piece unnamed [Allegro from no. 6 of op. 5]. f. 56.

ff. 54-58. Sonatas by Handel for 2 violins with a bass for harpsichord (or violoncello).

f. 55 (mid. 18th cent.). Movement from no. 5 of the same work by Handel. ff. 20b, 21 A composition (unnamed), for trumpets, drums, and strings, in score, by Handel. It is substantially the Allegro from the 'Fire Music,' 1749, omitting some of the parts.

ff. 83-118 passim. Instrumental movements, in score. Nos. 1-3 are probably taken from Operas, as well as the rest. 1. March in D, in 5 parts, for trumpet, etc. 'Handel.' f. 83. 2. 'Sinfonia' in G, for horns, oboes, bassoons and strings. By the same. ff. 85-88b. 3. Overture in D, for horns, bassoons, oboes, and strings. '— Collet.' Apparently autograph. f. 106. 4-12. 'Music in the Alchymist,' by Handel [1732]. The same nine numbers as published by Arnold, who, however, omitted the viola part. f. 118.