George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) composed works including 42 operas; 24 oratorios; more than 120 cantatas, trios and duets; numerous arias; odes and serenatas; solo and trio sonatas; 18 concerti grossi; and 12 organ concertos.
Collected editions of Handel's works include the Händel-Gesellschaft (HG) and the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA), but the more recent Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (HWV) publication is now commonly used to number his works. For example, Handel's Messiah can be referred to as: HG xlv, HHA i/17, or HWV 56. Some of Handel's music is also numbered based on initial publications, for example a 1741 publication by Walsh labelled twelve of Handel's concerti grossi as Opus 6.
Operas
Incidental music
Oratorios
Odes and masques
Cantatas
Italian duets
Italian trios
Hymns
Italian arias
English songs
German church cantatas
Italian sacred cantatas
Latin church music
Anthems
Canticles
Concertos
Concerti grossi
Orchestral works
Solo sonatas
Trio sonatas
Wind ensemble works
Keyboard works
Arrangements by/of other composers
HWV missing
Previously attributed
The following works are no longer thought to have been composed by Handel:
- The Passion nach dem Evang. Johannes (the Passion according to the evangelist John). The work was published in volume nine of the Händel-Gesellschaft (1860), but is now thought to have been composed by the German composer Georg Böhm.
See also
- George Frideric Handel
- Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis
- Händel-Gesellschaft
- Publications by Friedrich Chrysander
- Hallische Händel-Ausgabe
- Handel Reference Database
References
Sources
- Hicks, Anthony (2001). "Handel, George Frideric". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. x (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan.
External links
- Free scores by George Frideric Handel at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- List of compositions at GFHandel.org
