Italian cantatas, numbered 1-24, by Handel
Italian cantatas, numbered 1-24, by Handel, copied by J. C. Smith on paper size 13 watermark C, of Larsen's classification.
There are same variants from the text printed in Handel -Gesellschaft, L-LI, of which the more substantial are mentioned below. The contents are:
- Fols. 1 -3v. Ninfe e Pastore, H.G. 42
- Fols. 4-8. Mi palpita it cor, H.G. 34
- Fols. 8v-11. Sei pur bella, H.G. 54
- Fols. 12 -15. Se part a la tua fe, H.G. 58
- Fols. 15v-19v. Qualor l'egre pupille, H.G. 50
- Fols. 20-5. Qualor, crudele si ma vaga Dori, H.G. 49
- Fols. 25v-9v. Sarei troppo felice, H.G. 53, with three additional movements on fols.28-297
- Fols. 30-4. Da sete ardente afflitto, B.G. 9
- Fols. 3477 v. Dolce pur d'amor l'affanno, H.G. 15, with ornaments not pr. in H.G.
- Fols. 38- 42v. Lungi da me, E.G. 27
- Fols. 43 -6v. O Son. gelsanino, H.G. 63
- Fols. 47-54v. O numi eterni, H.G. 4.6
- Fols. 55-9v. Sento la the ristretto, H.G. 57
- Fols. 60-3. Dolce pur d'amor l'affanno, H.G. 16, written a tone higher
- Fols. 63v-7v. O lucenti, sereni occhi, H.G. 45
- Fols. 68-70v. Clori, ove sei? H.G. 7
- Fols. 71-4v.Clori, degl' occhi miei, M.G. 6
- Fols. 75 -9. E partirai mia vita? B.G. 17
- Fols. 80-3.Chi rapt la pace al core? H.G. 5
- Fols. 83-86. Aure e liete, H.G. 3
- Fols. 66v-90. Fra pensieri quel. pensiero, H.G. 21
- Fols. 907-4v. Poiche giuraro amore, B.G. 48
- Fols. 95-101. Lungi dal mio bel Nume, H.G. 25, omitting 11 bars of recitative
- Fols. 101v-5v.Care Selve, H.G. 4.
Dates
- Creation: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Extent
106 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Italian
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don. d. 125, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Don. d. 125
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 9150
Abstract
Italian cantatas, numbered 1-24, by Handel
Biographical / Historical
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), was a German composer.
Other Finding Aids
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from C. Alexander and given by the Friends of the Bodleian, 1960.
Bibliography
- There are some variants from the text printed in Händel-Gesellschaft, 50-1 (Leipzig, 1887).
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Italian cantatas, numbered 1-24, by Handel
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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