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 70 of 125

Messiah , Part 3

7 Pieces: No. 7, Menuet in F Major

6 Grand Fugues: Fugue No. 6 in C Minor

Joshua, Act 3, No. 40: "The great Jehovah is our awful theme, sublime in majesty"

Chandos Te Deum in B-flat Major, HWV281: No. 4, Thou Art the King of Glory, O Christ

Chandos Te Deum in B-flat Major, HWV281: No. 10, Day by Day We Magnify Thee

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

"Chandos" Anthems: No. 2, In the Lord Put I My Trust

"Chandos" Anthems: No. 6c, As Pants the Hart

Tempo di Gavotta

Joshua, Act 1, No. 7a "Awful pleasing being, say"

Joshua, Act 1, No. 14a "Our limpid streams with freedom flow"

Joshua, Act 2, No. 23a: "We with redoubled rage return"

Joshua, Act 3, No. 30a: "Happy, oh, thrice happy we"

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

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

Trio Sonata no. 3 in E minor - op. 5/3

Trio Sonata no. 4 in G major - op. 5/4

Coronation Anthems, No. 3: "The King Shell Rejoice" , HWV260

Harmonious Blacksmith, The, Liebling ed.

Joshua, Act 3, No. 37b: "Welcome, my son!"

Joshua, Act 2, No. 21b: "Whence this dejection?"

Joshua, Act 1, No. 7b "Joshua, I come commission'd"

Deborah Oratorio, Act 2: In the Battle Fame Pursuing, Air

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

3 Lecons: No. 3, Chaconne con Variazioni in G Major

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Song of Jupiter - Trumpets

Viola da Gamba Sonata - Piano Score - Piano Score

Song of Jupiter - Clarinet 2

Song of Jupiter - Bassoon 1

Song of Jupiter - E-flat Horn 4

Song of Jupiter - E-flat Clarinet

With pious heart, and holy tongue, No. 3 from Oratorio "Solomon", Act 1 - Full Score

Bles'd the day when first my eyes, No. 9 from Oratorio "Solomon", Act 1 - Full Score

From the censer curling rise grateful incense, No. 15 from Oratorio "Solomon", Act 2 - Full Score

Israel, attend to what your King shall say, No. 21 from Oratorio "Solomon", Act 2 - Full Score

Draw the tear from hopeless love, No. 31 from Oratorio "Solomon", Act 3 - Full Score

Will the sun forget to streak eastern skies with amber ray, No. 37 from Oratorio "Solomon", Act 3 - Full Score

Sonata in C Major - Cello

Coronation Anthems, No. 3: "The King Shall Rejoice" , No. 1. "The King Shall Rejoice"

Hornpipe - Flute

Bourrée - No. 8 from "Water Music Suite No. 1 in F" - HWV348

Music for the Royal Fireworks, No. 4: La Réjouissance - Score

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

Music for the Royal Fireworks - Score and Parts

Ombra Mai Fu - from "Serse"

Bourrée from the Organ Concerto No. 7