Jupiter in Argos. Selections: MU.MS.258.p.35

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Jupiter in Argos. Selections
Jupiter in Argos : [Act 1 and other excerpts] / [George Frideric Handel]

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Description

Draft outline of Act 1, scenes 1-9 and sections from Act 3.
Title and date from colophon.
The sequence of Act 1 follows that of HWV A¹⁴, except that "Dite dovè, che fà, selvaggi Deita, l'ombra diletta" from "Tolomeo" replaces both no. 6 & 7 ; "Da tuoi begl'occhi" from Giustino and the duet "Vado e vivo" from Faramondo replaces no. 9 ; "Aria. Calisto. Mio caro amato padre. ex Giustino" replaces no. 11 (no aria survives with these words) ; "Combattata da due venti" from Faramondo replaces no. 14.

Holograph manuscript in ink, signed at end "Fino del opera Jupiter in Agros, 24 April 1739"
Watermark p. 35-42: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C30)
Watermark p. 43-53: Fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend ; countermark "IV" (Burrows B140)
Contents:
[1, p. 35-41] Atto I Scena 1 - Scena 9 : [outline with music for the recitatives and verbal cues for choruses and arias with names of the works from which they come] -- [2, p. 43-46] "In braccio al tuo spavento" : [aria for S ("Diana"), vl1, vl2, vla, b] : [atto 3, scena 4, HWV A¹⁴, no. 30] -- [3, p. 47] "Priva d'ogni conforto" : recitativo accompagnato for S ("Calisto"), vl1, vl2, vla (in short score), b [atto 3] "Scena 3a" [HWV A¹⁴, no. 31] -- [4, p. 49] "Non è d'un alma grande" : [recitativo accompagnato for S ([Calisto]), vl1, vl2, vla (in short score), b] : [atto 3, scena 7, HWV A¹⁴, no. 34] -- [5, p. 51-53] "Al gaudio al riso" : [aria for S ("Iside"), vl (unison), b] ; "D'Amor di Giove" : Coro [for SATB, vl1, vl2, vla, b, ob1, ob2] : [atto 3, scena 8, HWV A¹⁴, no. 36-37]