Composer

George Frideric Handel

1685–1759

5,957 works in the index

Era: Baroque
Nationality: Kingdom of Great Britain
Born in: Halle (Saale)

Handel spent most of his career in London writing for the public rather than a court, and it shows in the music: direct, grand and built to work in a large room. The catalogue is dominated by the oratorios, the keyboard suites and a great deal of instrumental music.

Messiah is the most-performed choral work in the language and is sold in a bewildering number of editions, from full scholarly scores to simplified singalong versions — check what you are buying, because they are not interchangeable in a rehearsal. The keyboard suites include the variations known as The Harmonious Blacksmith and are more approachable than Bach's equivalent works.

Much of his instrumental music exists in arrangements for combinations he never wrote for. These are legitimate and often excellent, but the listing does not always make clear which you are getting.

Catalogue

Works page 105 of 125

Messiah 53: Worthy is the Lamb

Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major , Op. 4, No. 6, HWV294

Oboe Sonata No. 4 in C Minor

Suite no. 4 in D minor, HWV437, no. 004: Sarabande

Suite no. 007 in G major, HWV441, no. 007: Gigue

Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Major HWV332

The Harmonious Blackbird

Concerto Grosso No. 2 in F Major

Messiah 14: There were shepherds abiding in the field. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them

Suite no. 5 in E minor, HWV438, no. 003a: Gigue

Flute Sonata no. 1 in A minor, HWV 374

Music for the Royal Fireworks, No. 2: Bourree - Score

Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, no. 2: Adagio e staccato

Sarabande in D Minor, from Suite No. 11

Allegro, from Suite No. 7

Allegro Moderato, from Concerto Grosso No. 10

Allemande, from Suite No. 14

Presto - No. 5 from "Water Music Suite No. 1 in F" - HWV348

Minuet - No. 7 from "Water Music Suite No. 1 in F" - HWV348

Hornpipe - No. 9 from "Water Music Suite No. 1 in F" - HWV348

Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 1, No. 12

Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 1, No. 13

Violin Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 10

Violin Sonata in E major, Op. 1, No. 15

Recorder Sonata in A minor, Op. 1, No. 4

Oboe Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 6

Recorder Sonata in G minor, Op. 1, No. 2

Recorder Sonata in C major, Op. 1, No. 7

Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 1, No. 3

Oboe Sonata in C minor, Op. 1, No. 8

Oboe Concerto no. 3 in G minor - HWV287

Music for the Royal Fireworks, No. 6: Minuet 2 - Score

Trio Sonata no. 1 in B minor - op. 2, no. 1

Trio Sonata no. 3 in B-flat major - op. 2, no. 3

Trio Sonata no. 6 in G minor - op. 2, no. 6

Trio Sonata no. 1 in F major - op. 2, no. 7

Trio Sonata no. 2 in G minor - op. 2, no. 2

Trio Sonata no. 4 in F major - op. 2, no. 4

Trio Sonata no. 5 in G minor - op. 2, no. 5

Water Music Suite No. 1 in F Major, No. 6: Air - Score

Fugue no. 4 in B Minor

Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, no. 03: Allegro

Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, no. 10: Allegro moderato

Water Music Suite no. 1 in F major, no. 01: Overture

Music for the Royal Fireworks, No. 1: Ouverture - Score

Water Music: no. 16 Menuet

Music for the Royal Fireworks, No. 3: La Paix - Score

Music for the Royal Fireworks, No. 5: Minuet 1 - Score