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Lotario. Selections: MU.381.A

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Lotario. Selections
Lotharius : an opera as it is perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden compos'd by Mr. Handel.

Maker(s)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric
Conservator: Cockerell Bindery

Categories

Description

The overture, 12 arias and 1 duet selected from various earlier publications.
Title added in manuscript to a Collins frame (see W.C. Smith).
Italian words.
Staff notation.
Copy notes
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 "Lotharius" written in manuscript on cover.
Recorded in W.C. Smith as no. 8 (ca. 1760, another issue of no. 7).
Publisher number : No. 619 Walsh
Former shelf numbers: 31.F.14 & x.2.54(a). UkCU-FWM

Contents
Overture in Lotharius -- Non pensi quell'altera : Sung by Sigr. Fabri in Lotharius -- Vanne a colei che adori : Sung by Sigra. Merighi in Lotharius -- Per salvarti idolo mio : Sung by Sigra. Bertolli -- Rammentati cor mio : Sung by Sigr. Bernacchi in Lotharius -- Quel cor che mi donasti : Sung by Sirga. Strada -- Tiranna ma bella m'uccide : Sung by Sigr. Bernacchi in Lotharius -- Menti eterna che reggete : Sung by Sigra. Strada in Lotharius -- Arma lo sguardo d'un dolce dardo : Sung by Sigra. Merighi -- D'instabile fortuna : Sung by Sigra. Fabri -- Non disperi perigrino [=peregrino] : Sung by Sigr. Bernacchi in Lotharius -- Vi sento si : Sung by Sigr. Fabri in Lotharius -- VedrĂ² piu liete e belle : Sung by Sigr. Senesino -- Si bel sembiante : Sung by Sigr. Bernacchi and Sigra. Strada in Lotharius.

Measurements and weight

1 score (45 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 and sold by I. Walsh, [approximately 1745]

Identification numbers

Accession number: MU.381.A
Primary reference Number: 278787
ALMA control 001: 991006411014703606
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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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