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Scipione. Selections: MU.381.C

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Scipione. Selections
Scipio : an opera / compos'd by Mr. Handel.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Conservator: Cockerell Bindery

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Description

Overture and 11 arias from the opera.
Title added in manuscript to a Collins frame (see W.C. Smith).
Each number has additional pagination from an earlier publication.
Italian words.
Staff notation.
Copy notes
Provenance: 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 March, 1981.
Lacking title page: title "Scipio" written in manuscript on cover.
Former shelf numbers: 31.F.14 & x.2.54(c).

Contents:
Overture in Scipio -- Habbiam vinto [=Abbiam vinto] : Sung by Sigr. Baldi in Scipio -- Lamentandomi corro a volo : Sung by Sigr. Senesino in Scipio -- Dolci aurette : Sung by Sigr. Cuzzoni in Scipio -- Dimmi cara dimmi tu morir : Sung by Sigr. Senesino in Scipio -- Pensa o bella [=Pensa, oh bella] : Sung by Sigr. Constantini in Scipio -- Come onda incalza altr'onda : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Scipio -- Cedo a Roma : Sung by Sigr. Senesino in Scipio -- Scoglio d'immota fronte : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Scipio -- Gia cessata รจ la procella : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Scipio -- Gioia si speri : Sung by Sigr. Baldi in Scipio -- Bella notte senza stelle : Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Scipio.
Source

Measurements and weight

1 score (30 pages) ; 35 cm.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.381.C
Primary reference Number: 278738
ALMA control 001: 991006411015003606

Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020 Updated: Monday 15 February 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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