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Genserico. Selections: MU.MS.258.p.61

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Genserico. Selections
[Genserico] : [Act 1, scenes 2-5 & 8-9] / [George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

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Description

Draft outline of Act 1, scenes 2-4 and 8-9.
Editorial title.
Holograph manuscript in ink.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C20)
With ownership signature on p. 61: "Fitzwilliam, 1799"
Contents:
[1, p. 61-62] Applauda ogn'uno l'Eroe sovrano : [S (Onorico in sopran et Olibrio in contralto), B (Genserico, Elmige), cor1, cor2, ob1, ob2, vl1, vl2, vla, b] : [HWV ² no. 1] -- [2, p. 63-65] Quando contento di stragi io sia : [aria, B (Genserico), vl (unis.), b] : [HWV ² no. 2] -- [3, p. 66-67] Tu non ti affretti : Scena 3. Onorico et Elmige : [recitativo, B (Elmige), S (Onorico), b ; no music written] -- [4, p. 67-71] Di pur se il cor piega : [aria, S ([Onorico]), vl, vla, b] : [HWV ² no. 3] -- [5, p. 71-72 ] Hai veduto o Placida : Scena 4. Cabinetto Flacilla da una parte e Placida dall'altra : [recitativo, S (Flacilla), S (Placida), b ; no music written] -- [6, p. 72] Eudossia, o principesse : Scena 5. Olibrio e detti : [recitativo, A (Olibrio), S (Flacilla), Elmige (B), S (Placida), Eudossia (S), b ; no music written] : [incomplete at end] -- [7, p. 73-74] ... : [Scena 8] : [recitativo, B (Gens[erico]), B (Elmige), S (Eudossia), S (Placid[o]), b [no music written] -- [8, p. 74] Prencipe a te la pace : Scena 9. Onorico e Placida : [recitativo, S (Onorico), S (Placido), b ; no music written] -- [9, p. 75-80] È già stanca l'alma altera : [aria, S ([Onorico]), vl1-2 (unis), vl3-vla (unis), b] : [HWV ² no. 7]

1.1.1 S (Onorocio/Olibrio) Applauda ogn'uno l'Eroe sovrano F C-1 bB 3/8 8'CFG/{6.A3B}''8CD/C'BA/{6GF}8G-/
1.2.1 B (Genserico) Quando contento di stragi io sia d F-4 bB c =12/{8'D,F}E'xC{D,A}G'E/{6FEDC}8,BA{6GF}4.G/
1.3.1 S ([Onorico]) Di pur se il cor piega G C-1 xF 3/4 =13/4--8-'D/4D8-GFG/4(8{AGA};3)4D
1.4.1 S ([Onorico]) È già stanca l'alma altera D C-1 xFC c =16/4.'D6-E/4.F6-G/2A''D/4.C6-'B4.A6-G/4.F

Measurements and weight

1 score (p. 61-80) ; 23 x 30 cm.

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Dating

Production date: AD 1727 : [England],[1727]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.MS.258.p.61
Primary reference Number: 276930
ALMA control 001: 994620153803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 1 December 2020 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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