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Composer

George Frideric Handel

1685–1759

5,055 works in the index

Born
1685
Died
1759
Birthplace
Halle (Saale)
Citizenship / historical state
Kingdom of Great Britain
Period (estimated from birth year)
Baroque

Biography

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.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Choir, Organ, Voice, Flute
Genres represented
Classical, Rock, Christmas, pop, Jazz
Works with composition dates
153 of 5,055

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 24 of 106

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Sonata In B Minor, Op. 1, No. 9 - HWV 367b — Op. 1, No. 9; HWV 367bB minor Flute— 5
Sonata In A Minor, HWV 374 — HWV 374A minor Flute— 3
Green Leaf of the Jasmine — —— Flute— 3
Oh, Susanna — —— Flute— 3
Handel: Sonata for Flute and figured bass G major HWV 363b — HWV 363b— Flute— 3
Handel: Sonata for Flute and figured bass D major HWV 378 — HWV 378— Flute— 3
In the Hall of the Mountain King — —— Flute— 3
Atto II — —— Piano, Organ, Flute— 3
IV. — —— Horn, ClarinetClassical 3
1. Aria in E-Flat Major, HWV 410 — HWV 410E-Flat major Clarinet— 3
Sonata No.2 — —— Flute, OboeClassical 4
Aria Nr. 34 Erste Fassung — —— Oboe, Bassoon, Choir, Horn, percussion— 3
Sonata-Movement — —— Recorder— 4
Menuet and Gigue from Berenice — —— Recorder— 3
IV. A tempo di Gavotti — —— RecorderClassical 4
Sonata No. 1 — —— violin— 3
Sonata No. 3 - 1st Movement (Adagio) — —— violin— 3
Sonata No. 3 - 4th Movement (Allegro) — —— violin— 2
Sonata No. 4 - 3rd Movement (Larghetto) — —— violin— 3
Handel: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo A major op. 1,3 HWV 361 — op. 1; HWV 361— violinClassical 4
Handel: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo E major op. 1,15 HWV 373 — op. 1; HWV 373— violinClassical 4
II. For Unto Us a Child Is Born — —— Cello, violin, Viola— 3
Wher'er You Walk from Semele — —— Cello, Trumpet— 5
Overture from "Messiah" — —— Trumpet— 3
Overture from "The Messiah" — —— Horn, Trombone, Trumpet— 3
Adagio and Allegro from Sonata in E (Intermediate) — —— Trumpet— 3
"Sound an Alarm" from the oratorio Judas Maccabaeus (Intermediate) — —— Trumpet— 3
Strife Is O'er (Vulpius M) — —— percussion— 3
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise The Strain — —— percussion, Handbell— 3
Hosanna, Loud Hosanna — —— percussion, Handbell— 3
Menuets I & II — —— Guitar, Mandolin— 4
O Sanctissima (O Thou Joyful Day) — —— Guitar— 3
Take One — —— Guitar— 3
Jamaican Folksong — —— Guitar— 2
English Cradle Song — —— Guitar— 3
Polovtsian Dance/Borodin — —— Guitar— 2
Angel's We Have Heard On High — —— Guitar, Organ— 3
The Triads Built on the G Scale — —— Guitar— 2
Third Position Etude No. 2 — —— Guitar— 3
Etude in C minor — —C minor Guitar— 3
Sarabande mit Variationen — —— Guitar— 3
The Ash Grove — —— Harmonica— 3
Lord Whom Ye Seek The — —— Choir— 3
But oh! What art can teach from Ode on St. Cecelia's Day — —— —— 3
"Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty" — —— Piano, Voice— 2
How sweetly smiling peace descends from Deborah — —— —— 3
Jehovah! To My Words Give Ear — —— —— 4
"No, no, let the guilty tremble from Saul" — —— —— 3

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 8931159248059304870007. Portrait: Attributed to Balthasar Denner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.