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Admeto. Selections: MU.385.A

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Admeto. Selections
The favourite songs in the opera of Admeto / by Mr. Handel.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Librettist.: Aureli, Aurelio
Librettist: Mauro, Bartolomeo Ortensio

Categories

Description

Overture and 15 arias from the opera.
Words after a libretto by Aurelio Aureli and Ortensio Mauro.
HWV 22.
All numbers have additional pagination from earlier publications.
Italian words.
Staff notation.
Founder's bequest, 1816. Inscribed on title page: "R. Fitzwilliam, 1767".
Received stab stitched in paper covers. Bound in quarter Morocco leather Cockerell paper sides and vellum tips by the Cockerell Bindery in 1980.
Former shelf numbers: 31.F.18 & x.2.58(a).

Contents:
Overture in Admetus -- [9] Cangio d'aspetto : Sung by Sigr. Senesino in Admetus -- [10] Un lampo e la speranza : Sung by Sigr. Senesino in Admetus -- [12] Se l'arco avessi e i strali : Sung by Sigr. Baldi in Admetus -- [13] Se'n vola lo sparvier : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Admetus -- [20] E per monti e per piano : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Admetus -- [21] Spartite [oh] pensieri : Sung by Sigr. Senesino in Admetus -- [22] Da tanti affanni oppressa : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Admetus -- [23] Gelosia spietata alletto [=Aletto] : Sung by Sigra. Faustina in Admetus -- [24] Ah si morro : Sung by Sigr. Senesino in Admetus -- [28] Vedro fra poco se l'idodo mio : Sung by Sigra. Faustina in Admetus -- [5b] Spera si mio caro bene : Sung by Sigra. Faustina in Admetus -- [31] La tigre arde di sdegno : Sung by Sigr. Senesino in Admetus -- [33] Io ti bacio oh bella inmago [=imago] : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Admetus -- [34] La dove gli occhi io giro : Sung by Sigra. Faustina Admetus -- [38] Si caro si : Sung by Sigra. Strada.

Measurements and weight

1 score (36 pages) ; 35 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816)

Dating

Production date: AD 1754 : London : Printed for I. Walsh in Catharine Street in the Strand, [approximately 1754]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.385.A
Primary reference Number: 278761
ALMA control 001: 991006418527703606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Tuesday 16 February 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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