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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 3 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
Presuming slave (Handel-Sampson) — —— Choir— 10
The Holy One of Israel (Handel-Sampson) — —— Choir— 11
Ye sons of Israel (Handel-Sampson) 1733-02-21 (end date)IMSLP —— Choir— 12
Glorious hero! (Handel-Sampson) — —— Choir— 12
Impertinence, HWV 494 — HWV 494— Piano, Organ— 18
Suite 3, Movement 1 (Early Draft) — —— Piano— 7
Suite 3, Movement 6 (First Version) — —— Piano— 10
Entree (From Suite In G Minor, Hwv 453/Ii) — Hwv 453G minor Piano, harpsichord— 11
Sonate G-dur HWV 363b (Querflote) — HWV 363b— Flute— 10
Fugue in C Major (originally in Bb) — —C major Recorder— 11
Angels Ever Bright And Fair — —— Piano, VoiceClassical 9
Leave Me, Loathsome Light! — —— Voice, Tenor, AltoClassical 6
Gavotte from Il Pastor Fido — —— Cello, violin, Viola— 11
Courante from Theodora — —— Cello, violin, Viola— 10
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, op. 1, no. 3, HWV361 — op. 1, no. 3; HWV361A major Flute, violinClassical 12
And The Glory Of The Lord — —— Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Voice, bass, Tenor, Choir, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Alto, percussion, Viola— 29
Why do the nations so furiously rage together (Version I) — —— Choir— 10
But who may abide the day of his coming (Version II) - Transposed for Soprano 1741-09-14 (end date)IMSLP —— Choir, Voice— 11
The Many Rend The Skies (Alexander's Feast) 1736-01-17 (end date)IMSLP —— Choir— 9
Where E'er You Walk — —— Piano, Guitar, Flute, Voice, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, English Horn, Low VoiceClassical 11
Sonata II in G Minor — —G minor Piano, Flute— 9
The enemy said (Handel-Israel in Egypt) — —— ChoirClassical 9
How vain is man (Handel-Judas Maccabaeus) 1746 (8/9 July to 11 August)IMSLP —— Choir— 11
1. Overture — —— Piano, Organ, harpsichord, Flute, Choir, Horn, Trombone, Timpani, Trumpet, Tuba, percussion, Euphonium, Handbell— 7
2. Adagio — —— Piano, Cello, violin, Voice, Horn, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba, RecorderClassical 8
Suite 5, Movement 3 (Early Version) — —— Piano— 10
Impertinence — —— Piano, Guitar, Flute, violin, Double Bass, Recorder, Saxophone, ViolaClassical 6
Heroes, when with glory burning — —— Piano, Voice— 9
Harmonious Blacksmith — —— PianoClassical 11
Allegro In D (Mozart) — —— FluteClassical 9
Gavotte (From Opus 5 #1) — Opus 5— Cello— 9
Menuett (From Opus 5 #4) — Opus 5— Cello— 8
Er Weidet Seine Herde — —— Piano, Horn, Trombone, Tuba— 8
Sonata in F Major HWV 370 — HWV 370F major Piano, Organ, Cello, violinClassical 8
Aria con Variazioni — —— Piano, Cornet— 7
The Shepherd and His Sheep — —— Piano— 10
Aria, From Suite No.14 — —— Piano— 10
Song For Marcel — —— Guitar— 10
Awful,Pleasing Being,Say — —— Voice— 8
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks — —— Guitar, Recorder— 8
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E major, op. 1, no. 15, HWV373 — op. 1, no. 15; HWV373E major Flute, violinClassical 12
"Adagio, Bourr?e and Menuetto from Sonata in G, HWV 363b" — HWV 363b— Piano, Flute— 9
Gavotte In Bb — —— Piano— 7
Thine is The Glory - Cornet 2 — —— Piano, Vocal— 8
Messiah 1741-09-14 (end date)Wikidata —— Organ, Cello, Oboe, violin, Continuo, Bassoon, bass, Orchestra, Tenor, Choir, Trumpet, Alto, percussion, Viola— 17
Their sound is gone out (Version I) — —— Piano, Flute, Choir, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone— 9
Behold, I tell you a mystery — —— Choir— 12
14. Si tra i ceppi (Berenice) — —— VoiceClassical 6

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.