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Riccardo primo. Selections: MU.381.B

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Riccardo primo. Selections
Richard ye 1st : an opera / compos'd by Mr. Handel.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Conservator: Cockerell Bindery

Categories

Description

The overture, 7 arias and a duet, selected from various earlier publications.
Title added in manusript to a Collins frame (see W.C. Smith).
Italian words.
Staff notation.
Copy notes
Provenance: Founder's bequest, 1816. Inscribed on page 1: "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 March, 1981.
Lacking title page: title "Richard the First" written in manuscript on cover.
Former shelf numbers: 31.F.14 & x.2.54(b).

Contents
Overture in Richard the ist -- Se peri l'amato bene : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Richard the Ist -- Lascia la pace all'alma : Sung by Sigra. Cussoni in Richard the Ist -- Di notte il pellegrino : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Richard the Ist -- Quel gelsomino che imperal il prato : Sung by Sigr. Scalzi -- Caro vieni a me : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Richard the Ist -- Nube che il sole adombra : Sung by Sigr. Senesino in Richard the Ist -- T'amo si sarai tu quella : Duetto sung by Sigr. Senesino and Sigra. Cuzzoni -- Quell'innocente afflitto core : Sung by Sigra. Faustina in Richard the Ist.

Measurements and weight

1 score (23 pages) ; 35 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816)

Dating

Production date: AD 1745 : London : Printed for & sould by I. Walsh, [approximately 1745]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.381.B
Primary reference Number: 278786
ALMA control 001: 991006411014803606
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Monday 15 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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