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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)SH/122
TitleHandel, G. F [Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato]
Extent1 volume
Date[1741-1756]
DescriptionL'Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato.
London. Printed for I. Walsh in Catherine Street in the Strand [174]
Score. Printed.
The 1741 Walsh edition interleaved with manuscript scores of the remaining material. 211 pages in all, of which 63 are printed.

[pp. i-ix] Overture. Manuscript.
[p. X] Blank
pp. 1-2 Hence loathed melancholy. Manuscript.
pp. 3-4 Hence vain deluding joys. Manuscript.
pp. 5-7 Come thou Goddess. Printed.
pp. 8-9 Come, rather Goddess. Printed.
pp. 10-12 Haste thee, nymph [air] Printed.
pp. 13-23 Haste thee, nymph [chorus] Manuscript.
pp. 23-25 Come and trip it [air] Manuscript
pp. 26-33 Come and trip it [Chorus] Manuscript
pp. 34-35 Come pensive nun. Manuscript.
p. 36 Come but keep thy wonted state. Printed.
pp. 37-40 Join with thee. Manuscript.
p. 40 Hence loathed melancholy. Manuscript.
pp. 41-44 Mirth admit me. Printed.
pp. 45-46 First and chief. Manuscript.
pp. 47-52 Sweet bird. Printed.
p. 53 If I give the honour due. Manuscript.
p. 54 Blank.
pp. 55-58 Mirth admit me. Printed.
pp. 59-60 Oft on a plat. Printed.
p. 61 If I give thee. Manuscript.
p. 62 Blank.
pp. 63-64 Let me wander. Printed.
pp. 65-66 Or let the merry bells. Printed.
pp. 66-71 Continuation. Manuscript.
pp. 72-78 Thus past the day. Manuscript.
pp. 79-82 Hence vain deluding joys. Manuscript.
pp. 83-86 But O! sad virgin. Printed.
p. 87 Thus night. Manuscript.
pp. 88-106 Populous cities. Manuscript.
pp. 107-109 There let Hymen. Printed.
p.110 Me when ye flaming sun. Manuscript.
pp. 111-112 Hide me from day’s garish eye. Manuscript.
pp. 113-114 Continuation. Printed.
pp. 115-116 I’ll to the well-trod stage. Printed.
pp. 117-119 And ever against eating cares. Printed.
pp. 120-122 These delights. Printed.
pp.122-137 Continuation. Manuscript.
p. 138 But let my due. Manuscript.
pp. 139-142 There let the pealing organ. Manuscript.
pp. 142-162 These pleasures melancholy give. Manuscript.
pp. 163-164 Hence boast not. Manuscript.
pp. 165-166 Come with native lustre. Printed.
pp. 167-181 Continuation. Manuscript.
pp. 182-183 Come with gentle hand. Printed.
p. 184 No more short life. Manuscript.
pp. 185-186 Each action will derive new grace. Manuscript.
p. 187 Continuation. Printed.
pp. 188-195 As steals the more. Printed
p.196 Blank.
pp. 197-211 Thy pleasures moderation give. Manuscript.
[p. 212] Blank.

Inscribed on title page: 'S. Hellier Exon Coll. Oxon 1756' With SH bookplate.
RISM H 461
NotesFormer ref: SH 40
Access StatusOpen

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