Early Music: Rare Music Manuscripts, Printed Music and Books from the Library of Arnold Dolmetsch (1858-1940)

G.F. Handel. Early edition of the score of "Rinaldo", Smith no.3, 1711

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September 14, 01:44 PM GMT

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1,000 - 1,500 GBP

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Handel, George Frideric

Arie dell'Opera di Rinaldo Composta dal Signor Hendel, London: Walsh and Hare, [1711]

SMITH NO.3, 2 leaves, 67 pages, folio (c.35 x 23.5cm), engraved throughout, table of songs with advertisement, some later pencil annotations, Dolmetsch library stamp and pencil shelfmark ("II D 19") to reverse of title, unbound, later loose wrapper, traces of translucent adhesive tape to outer leaves, browning to title, wrapper torn

Rinaldo was Handel's first opera in England, premiered at the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket, 24 February 1711. The present edition is the third of three which appeared in the year of the opera's first performance. It is the first to include the expanded version of "Vo' far guerra" ("...With the Harpsicord Peice Perform'd by Mr Hendel"), on pp.49-52.

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