Selections (Musical sketches): MU.MS.263.p.71

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Titles

Selections (Musical sketches)
Sdegnata sei con me : [uncompleted aria for soprano and continuo from Arianna] ; È felice chi puole amar : Atto P[rim]o Scena 7o : [recitative for soprano] Mirt[illo] [from Semiramide riconosciuto] ; Quell'ira che destai : atto Terzo, scena 5ta [for alto] Sibari [from Semiramide riconosciuto] : [and 5 sketches] / [by George Frideric Handel]

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Description

The recitatives from Semiramide riconisciuta, first performed 30th October 1733, were probably the first items written on this leaf, then the abandoned sketch for the aria Sdegnata sei con me from Arianna (the full score of which was completed on 5th October 1733). The other sketches were added later: Ariodante was composed in 1734.
The bottom of the leaf (with lines 9-10) has been torn off.
Manuscript in the hand of George Frideric Handel.
Watermark: "LVG" below fleur de lis over Strasbourg bend; countermark: "IV" (Burrows C30)
1.1.1 S Sdegnata sei con me A C-1 bBEA 6/8 8'E/4G8A4B8D/4.E8--''E/4D8C'A4nB/4.''C
2.1.1 treble [Sketch 1 : Fugal exposition] Bb G-2 bBE c 8-{'BB6''CD}{8EEE6DE}/{8C6DE}{8F6GA}{8B'B}
3.1.1 S [Sketch 2 : Untitled movement] g G-2 b B 3/4 4.''G8A4B/2.D/4.D8E4F/2.C/4.D8C4D/2.'G/
4.1.1 S (Mirtillo) : Atto P[rim]o Scena 7o È felice chi puole amar C-1 c 4-8'AA''DD6D'AbB/4''C6-CD'A4bB-/
5.1.1 treble [Hornpipe] g G-2 bB 3/2 2''A4G{8FE}4FD/4C{8'BA}4BG{8AB}4''C/
6.1.1 treble [Allegro] d G-2 bB c 8'A/4''DEt8F4'A8B/8''C4'A8''D4'D
7.1.1 treble [Musette] D G-2 xFC 6/8 {8'A''DC}{6DE}4F/{8ECD}{6EF}4G/{6FG}4A{6B'''C}4D/
8.1.1 A (Sibari) atto Terzo, scena 5ta Quell'ira che destai C-3 c 8-xF6xAAAB4''xC8-C/CCCD4'B8B6B''xC/

Contents
[1, p. 71, lines 1-6] Sdegnata sei con me : [uncompleted aria for S bc, words of HWV 32 no. 8 : 22? bars in E♭major] -- [2, p. 71, line 4] [Sketch 1 : Fugal exposition in 2 parts : 6 bars, B♭major] -- [3, p. 71, lines 6-7 with continuation at the end of line 5] [Sketch 2 for treble and bass in G minor, 27 bars, with Da capo and cues : bass uncompleted] -- [4, p. 72, lines 1-2] È felice chi puole amar : Atto P[rim]o Scena 7o : [recitative for soprano] Mirt[illo] [from Semiramide riconosciuto, HWV A⁸ : wrongly listed as HWV 8c Anhang] -- [5. p. 72, line 3] [Hornpipe : melody in F major, 4 bars, from the Water music, HWV 348 no. 9] -- [6, lines 3-4, 6, 8] [Allegro for treble and bass in D minor, 9 bars : from Ariodante, earlier version of HWV 33 no. 19] -- 7, p. 72, lines 3-4, 5, 7] [Musette for treble and bass in D major, 9 bars with repeat : from Ariodante, earlier version of HWV 33 no. 18] -- [8, p. 72, lines 7-8] Quell'ira che destai : atto Terzo, scena 5ta : [for alto] Sibari [from Semiramide riconosciuto] : HWV A⁸ : wrongly listed as HWV 8c Anhang]