Contemporary copy MS. and 14 Cantatas: 1) Son contento non m'amate 2) Era un giorno Fileno 3) Morirei disperato se credessi 4) Si nasce un sospetto 5) Per formare la bella 6) Dove una quercia annosa 7) E pur tenti il ritorno 8) A voi che l'accendeste 9) O penosa lontananza 10) Non ha un giorno di contento 11) E pur vuole il Cielo 12) Perche sospiri, o Niso! 13) Quando il fato un cor bersaglia 14) Clori mia, Dorilla caro
Description:
Binding: Contemporary morocco, with armorial device on upper and lower covers.
MS, mostly holograph. and Note: 35 Cantatas for one voice with continuo, numbers 1-5, 7-10, 14-27, 29,and 32-35 are in the composers hand and are signed and dated by him.
Higgs manuscript. and Toccatas, keyboard instrument. Selections
Description:
Copyist's ms., in ink; on leaf 139: Napoli 1723., For fuller description, list of contents, and thematic catalog, see P.T. Lee's The keyboard style of Alessandro Scarlatti. (Thesis (M.A.) Yale, 1959)., Gift of the Library Associates, 1953., Known as "The Higgs Manuscript", this volume was formerly owned by H.M. Higgs, Esq., The 4 unnumbered leaves at end contain no music., and The whole of the ms. was published by J.S. Shedlock (London : Bach & Co.) in 1908-1910.
