Italian arias songbook
- Author
- Loveday, John, 1711-1789
- Published
- after 1762.
- Physical Description
- 69 pages, 15 unnumbered pages : calf ; 24 x 30 cm
- Additional Creators
- Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778, Bononcini, Giovanni, 1670-1747. Selections, Borghi, Giovanni Battista, 1738-1796. Selections, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Selections, Leveridge, Richard, 1670 or 1671-1758. Selections, and Porpora, Nicola, 1686-1768. Selections
- Language Note
- All are in Italian except one aria in English and one song in English plus the newspaper clipping.
- Restrictions on Access
- Unrestricted access.
- Contents
- Dove sei amato bene / Sung by Sigr. Senesino in Rodelinda -- Caro vieni a me / Sung by Sigra. Cuzzoni in Riccardo -- Son confusa pastorella / The Musette in Porus --- Sia par crudele sia par ingrato / Aria del Sig. Porpora -- No che del tuo grancor / Aria di Tamerlano opera -- Scacacirata dal suo nido / Aria di Rodelinda opera -- Mio caro bene caro caro mio / Aria di Rodelinda opera -- Poterti dir vorei / Aria di Parthenope opera -- Mio caro ben non sospirar per che mi fai penar / Mio Caro Ben in Astartus -- La speranza e giunta in porto / Aria di Ottone opera -- In mille dolei modi al sentistringero / In Mille Dolis in Sosarmes -- Vorrir ne par saprir / Aria di Sosarme opera -- Tu caro caro sei il solce mio / Duetto in Sosarmes -- Al mamia si sol tu sei / Alma Mia in Floridante -- Falfa immagine minganasti / Falfa Immagine in Otho -- Priva del caro / In Cato -- Lusinghe piu care d'amor veri / Lusinghe in Alexander -- Deh lascia un tal desio ti preggo ildolo mio / In Ariadne -- Londa dal mar divisa / Sung by Carestino in Arbaces -- O beauteous queen unclose those eyes my fairest / Sung by Senesino in Esther -- La dove gli occhi is gira / Aria di Admeto opera -- Se l'amor tuo mi rendi / Aria dell Sigr. Sassone in Artaxerses -- Good advice.
- Summary
- The manuscript songbook contains arias and songs from George Frideric Handel's operas and one oratorio, and one each by Thomas Arne, Giovanni Bononcini, Giovanni Borghi, Nicola Porpora, and Richard Leveridge ("Good advice"). Also contains nine numbered but unnamed arias with solfège (do re mi, fa, sol. la, ti, do) substituting for words. Laid in is a newspaper clipping of lyrics, "Mrs. _____, with a Ring," after 1774.
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- Provenance
- Formerly part of an 18th-century library in Williamscote House near Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, assembled by John Loveday (1711-1789), philologist and antiquary, who lived at Caversham in Oxfordshire. The library was moved to Williamscote House in 1799 by John Loveday the second (1742-1809), Doctor of Laws.
- Note
- In Rare Books and Manuscripts, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. (#RBM 9557/Mss. book 34/Vault GG)
Date from first performance of Thomas Arne's Artaxerxes (1762). - Biographical or Historical Sketch
- John Loveday was a philologist and antiquary who lived at Caversham in Oxfordshire, England.
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