Nicolay, Frederick, royal musician and librarian

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Active 1960

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Epithet: royal musician and librarian

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Cantatas V; Circa 1710. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LII a, LII b; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe V/3). Cantatas with instrumental accompaniments. Between ff. 71 and 72 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwi..., approximately 1710

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. III; circa 1710 -circa 1725. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft L, XXXIV). On f. i is a list of contents. See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Ha..., approximately 1710-approximately 1725

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Acis and Galatea, (masque by John Gay, with texts by Alexander Pope and John Hughes) (HWV 49); [circa 1720]; [1732]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft III; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/9/1, 1991). The preface to H.G. ..., 1715-1732

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Floridante (dramma per musica after a libretto by Francesco Silvani) (HWV 14); [1721, 1733]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXV). The MS. differs considerably from the version in H-G. The part of Rossane was orig..., 1721-1733

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Radamisto (opera seria after libretti by Matteo Noris and Domenico Lalli) (HWV 12); 1720. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXIII; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe II/9.1, 1997). In Acts I and II the MS. agrees with Version..., 1720

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G.F. Handel: Messiah (oratorio by Charles Jennes after texts from the Bible) (HWV 56); 1741. Autograph., 1741

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Agrippina (dramma per musica by Vincenzo Grimani) (HWV 6); [1709]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LVII). f. i. is an inserted leaf with a note (‘The 1st scena of this Opera is missing’) by F. Nicolai, originally ..., 1709

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo (HWV 72); [1708]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LIII). The MS. ends at the end of H-G., p. 48, line 5, bar 1. The last four leaves of the work will be found in Eg. 2953, ff. 98-101, which..., 1708

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TRIO in G major for flute (ff. 3b-4b, 3), violin (ff. 5b-6b, 5) and figured bass (ff. 1b-2b), in parts, by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, composed at Potsdam in 1747 (Wotquenne, Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, no. 150). ..., 18th century

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Alessandro (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli after a libretto by Ortensio Mauro) (HWV 21); 1726. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXII). The numbering of the scenes differs in the MS. from H-G., which foll..., 1726

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Scipione (dramma per musica by Paolo Antonio Rolli) (HWV 20); 1726. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXI). f. i, bound at end, is a note in the hand of F. Nicolai. ff. 11v and 31v are ruled with staves but otherwi..., 1726

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato (oratorio by Charles Jennes after John Milton) (HWV 55); 1740. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft VI; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/6, 1962). Between ff. 26 and 27, and 59 and 60 ..., 1740

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Cantatas II; early 18th century. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft L, LI). Cantatas for a Single voice and Continuo. Between ff. 42 and 43 is a single leaf, ruled with staves but otherwise blank, foliated 42a; ff. 6...

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. I; circa 1707 -circa 1745. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXXII, XXXVIII). Between ff. 21 and 22, 35 and 36, 38 and 39, 46 and 47 are single folios ruled with staves..., approximately 1707-approximately 1745

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Rodrigo (dramma per musica after a libretto by Francesco Silvani) (HWV 5); [1707?]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LVI). f. i is a note in the hand of F. Nicolai. ff. 14v, 85v and 104v are ruled with staves but o..., 1707

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Ottone I (dramma per musica after a libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino) (HWV 15); 1722. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXVI). Some missing parts of this MS. and of R.M.20.b.10. are in Fitzwilliams MSS Nos ..., 1722

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Occasional Oratorio (libretto by Newburgh Hamilton after texts by John Milton and Edmund Spenser) (HWV 62); 1746. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XLIII). According to Barclay Squire the MS. is foliated throughout ..., 1746

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'CAPABILITY' BROWN: correspondence of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, landscape gardener (b.1715, d.1783), comprising mainly letters from patrons relating to commissions, but also including a few letters from Brown and his wife on family matters; 1753-1..., 1753-1784

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Instrumental music II; 1738-1751. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXVIII, XLVII). See also Donald Burrows and Martha J. Ronish, A Catalogue of Handel’s Musical Autographs (Oxford: Clarendon, 1994), pp. 192-195.ff...., 1738-1751

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Siroe (‘dramma per musica’ by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a text by Pietro Metastasio) (HWV 24); 1728. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXV). ff. 62v, 66v and 75v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For ot..., 1728

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Ariodante (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Salvi) (HWV 33); 1734. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXXV). The recitative ‘Ah che questo’ and air ‘Il primo ardor’ (Act I, sc. 11; H-G., pp. 48-50) and ..., 1734

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: The Choice of Hercules (a musical interlude on a text by ?Thomas Morell) (HWV 69). Alceste (music for the play by Tobias Smollett) (HWV 45); 1750. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XVIII, XLVI b; Hallische Händel-Au..., 1750

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Instrumental music I; 1736-1739. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXI, XXX, XLVII; ; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe IV/14, 1961 ). f. 65is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For copies of the concerti Grossi Op. 6 (H..., 1736-1739

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Riccardo Primo (melodramma by Paolo Antonio Rolli, after a libretto by Francesco Briani) (HWV 23); 1727. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXIV). A leaf with Nicolai’s annotations indicated as f. i was removed duri..., 1727

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Jephtha (oratorio by Thomas Morell) (HWV 70); 1751. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XLIV and Facsimile). See Prefaces to H-G. XLIV and to the facsimile. The latter does not show the cuts made in pencil. ff. 111v-1..., 1751

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Giulio Cesare (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani) (HWV 17); 1723. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXVIII). Except when otherwise stated, the words only of th..., 1723

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Imeneo (dramma per musica after a libretto by Silvio Stampiglia) (HWV 41); 1738-1740. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XCIII). The MS. is incomplete, and the arrangement difficult to understand (cf. Charles Burney,..., 1738-1740

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Judas Maccabeus (oratorio by Thomas Morell) (HWV 63); 1746. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXII). See also the Preface to H-G. XXII. ff. 18v, 23v, 38v, 126r and 128v are ruled with staves but otherwise blank. For..., 1746

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. VIII; circa 1740 – circa 1750. Autograph. On f. ii is a list of contents; f. 36v is ruled with staves but otherwise blank. ff. 1-13 are copies in Handel’s hand of move..., approximately 1740-approximately 1750

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Athalia (oratorio by Samuel Humphreys after Jean Racine) (HWV 52); 1733. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft V). The autograph has the divisions into Acts and Scenes, as in the Libretto (H-G., pp. 3-11), with some add..., 1733

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Alcina (dramma per musica after a libretto by Antonio Fanzaglia) (HWV 34); 1735. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXXVI). The text and clefs of some of the recitatives are in the handwriting of a copyst. Some of t..., 1735

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Joseph and his Brethren (oratorio by James Miller) (HWV 59); 1743. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XLII). The Preface to H-G. XLII and the version A printed in the volume contain full information as to the content..., 1743

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Miscellaneous collections and selections vol. IV; circa 1714 -circa 1750. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft various volumes, see below). On f. i is a list of content; between ff. 39-40 are 3 leaves, ruled with stav..., approximately 1714-approximately 1750

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Esther (oratorio by Thomas Morell) (HWV 50); 1720, 1732. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XL, XLI; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe I/8, 1995). ff. 1-67v are the first version (H-G. XL), while ff. 69-80 are the 1732 versio..., 1720-1732

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Ezio (dramma per musica after a libretto by Pietro Metastasio) (HWV 29); [1731-1732]. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXXX). Bound at the end is a note by Nicolai (f. i); ff 9v, 22v and 38v are ruled with staves b..., 1731-1732

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Rodelinda (dramma per musica by Niccolò Francesco Haym after a libretto by Antonio Salvi) (HWV 19); 1725. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft LXX). f. i is a note by F. Nicolai. ff. 19v, 22v, 49v, 59v, 64v and 66v are..., 1725

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Utrecht Te Deum (HWV 278) and Jubilate (HWV 279); 1712-1713. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XXXI; Hallische Händel-Ausgabe III/3, 1999). The MSS. of both works are foliated in pencil by Handel [?dubious]. ff. 42v..., 1712-1713

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ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. G.F. Handel: Belshazzar (oratorio by Charles Jennens) (HWV 61); 1744. Autograph. (Händel-Gesellschaft XIX). Between ff. 22 and 23, 134 and 135, 159 and 160 are folios ruled with staves but otherwise blank, respectively foliate..., 1744

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FREDERICK NICOLAY, FRIEDRICH CHRYSANDER: papers assembled by Alexander Hyatt King in the course of preparing his paper, 'Frederick Nicolay, Chrysander and the Royal Music Library', published in Monthly Musical Record, LXXXIX (1959), pp. 13-24; 1957-1..., 1957-1960

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