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Portrait of George Frideric Handel

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 5 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
All'armi, guerrieri (Giustino) — —— Piano, Organ, Trumpet, Voice Tenor— 8
Gavotte — —— Piano, Guitar, Flute, violin— 6
Sonata In C Major (G 59) (HG II/iii/11) — —C major Piano— 7
Sonata In F Major — —F major Piano, Organ, harpsichord, Cello, Flute, violin, Viola da gamba, ViolaClassical 9
Traditional Songs — —— Piano— 8
Sarabande from Suite # 4 in D minor for piano, 2nd set — —D minor Piano, Organ, Guitar, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Horn, Clarinet, English Horn, Saxophone, Viola, TenorClassical 16
Sarabande (With Two Variations) (From Suite In D Minor, Hwv 437/Iv) — Hwv 437D minor Piano— 7
7. Sonata — —— Piano, harpsichord, Flute, percussion, MarimbaClassical 7
3. Concerto for Organ (No. 3), Op. 4/3 in G minor, HWV 291 — Op. 4/3; HWV 291G minor Organ— 7
With Trumpets And Horns — —— Organ— 6
Sonata No.1 — —— Piano, Oboe, violinClassical 8
Greensleeves — —— Recorder— 8
Rondeau (From Opus 5 #3) — Opus 5— Cello— 5
Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus — —— Guitar, Cello, violin, Double Bass, Viola— 11
La Rejouissance from "Royal Fireworks" — —— Trumpet— 8
Gavotte In D — —— Guitar— 6
March In G (Judas Maccabeus) — —— Organ— 7
Giga from Sonatain F Major — —— FluteClassical 9
Waltz For Two — —— Piano— 7
Praise and Thanksgiving — —— Organ— 7
Deck the Hall, Traditional Welsh — —— Recorder— 8
PAPAGENO'S SONG THE MAGIC FLUTE MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS — —— Choir— 6
La — —— Piano, Low Voice— 7
Fr?hlingsauen, hold zu schauen — —— Piano, Voice— 5
Dignare, o Domine — —— Piano, Voice— 9
Guilio Cesare 1724IMSLP —— Horn, TubaClassical 10
Sonata No. 4 - 2nd Movement — —— violin— 7
Just A Closer Walk — —— Guitar— 6
Song/Carcassi — —— Guitar— 8
Winds Through The Olive Trees — —— Recorder— 8
O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me — —— Piano, Tenor, AltoClassical 7
La Paix and Le Rejouissance from Fireworks Music 1749IMSLP —— Piano, Organ, Cello— 7
Gigue No 2 1731IMSLP —— —Classical 9
Air In D Major 1739IMSLP —D major Piano— 8
Queen of Sheba — —— Piano, Organ, Cello— 9
Larghetto From Serse 1737-38 (26 December to 14 February)IMSLP —— Organ— 9
III. Alla Hornpipe 1715-36IMSLP —— —Classical 8
La speranza e giunta — —— —Classical 10
Non disperar — —— —— 6
March from Occasional Overture — —— Organ, Trumpet— 8
La Rejouissance from Fireworks Music — —— Cello, violin, Viola— 8
No. 7 in C Major — —C major RecorderClassical 8
O ruddier than the cherry — —— —— 9
Where E — —— —— 8
Rejouissance, La — —— Piano, Flute, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet— 0
Aylesford Pieces — —— Piano— 6
Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus: Wind — —— —— 6
Prelude in — —— —— 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.