George Frideric Handel

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Aliases: Handel, George Frideric; Haendel, Georg Friederich; Händel, Georg Friedrich, sometimes misspelled as Frederic

Life

Born: 23 February 1685

Died: 14 April 1759

Biography:

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List of choral works

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see George Frideric Handel compositions

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Anthems

• Birthday Ode for Queen Anne   ( )
• Brockes Passion   This large work (in German) is available for download in 4 sections
• Canticorum jubilo     (2 editions available)
• Cara sposa, amante cara     (2 editions available)
• Chandos Anthem No. 7: No. 1 - Sonata   ( Finale 2001 )
• Chandos Anthem No. 7: No. 2 - My song shall be alway   ( Finale 1998 )
• Chandos Anthem No. 7: No. 6 - Blessed is the People, O Lord   ( Finale 2001 )
• Chandos Anthem No. 7: No. 8 - Thou art the glory of their strength   ( Finale 1998 )
• Chandos Anthem No. 8: O come, let us sing unto the Lord   ( )
• Chandos Anthem No. 9: No. 1 - O praise the Lord with one consent   ( )
• Chandos Anthem No. 9: No. 2 - Praise him, all ye that in this house   ( )
• Chandos Anthem No. 9: No. 3 - For this our truest int'rest   ( )
• Chandos Anthem No. 9: No. 4 - That God is great   ( )
• Chandos Anthem No. 9: No. 5 - With cheerful notes let all the earth   ( )
• Chandos Anthem No. 9: No. 6 - God's tender mercy knows no bounds   ( )
• Chandos Anthem No. 9: No. 7 - Ye boundless realms of joy   ( )
• Chandos Anthem No. 9: No. 8 - Your voices raise   ( )
• Chandos Anthem No. 11: Let God Arise   ( )
• Christmas (While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks)   ( )
• Dank sei dir   ( )
• Dixit Dominus, HWV 232   2 full editions available
• E partirai, mia vita?, HWV 111   ( )
• Empio, diro, tu sei   ( )
• Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden, HWV 210   ( )
• Foundling Hospital Anthem, HWV 268   ( )
• Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, HWV 264   ( )
• Giù nei Tartari Regni, HWV 187   ( )
• Gloria in excelsis Deo   ( )
• Joy to the World     (4 editions available)
• The King Shall Rejoice (Coronation Anthem No. 2)   ( )
• L'empio, sleale, indegno   ( )
• Lai visās malās (Canticorum jubilo)   ( Sibelius 6  Sibelius 5  Sibelius 3 )
• Laudate Dominum   ( )
• Laudate pueri Dominum (adapted)   ( Sibelius )
• Laudate pueri Dominum in D (full score, parts)   ( Scorch Sibelius 3 )
• Let Thy Hand be Strengthened (Coronation Anthem No. 3)   ( )
• Lobet Gott mit Jubelschall   ( )
• Lord, I Trust Thee   ( )
• Lucrezia, HWV 145   ( )
• Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV 207   ( )
• Music, Spread Thy Voice Around (No. 46 from 'Solomon')   ( Sibelius 2 )
• My Heart is Inditing, HWV 261 (Coronation Anthem No. 4)     (2 editions available)
• Nell'africane selve, HWV 136   ( )
• Nightingale Chorus (No. 22 from 'Solomon')   ( )
• Nisi Dominus   (   Scorch Sibelius 1 )
• No, di voi non vo' fidarmi, HWV 189   ( )
• O Praise the Lord With One Consent - Chandos Anthem No. 9 (complete)   ( )
• Ombra mai fu   ( ) 2 editions (1 sop. solo, 1 SSAA arrangement)
• Par che mi nasce in seno un raggio di speranza   ( )
• Partì l'idolo mio, HWV 147   ( )
• Praise the Lord (No. 56 from 'Solomon')   ( Sibelius 2 )
• Prieks pasaulei   ( Sibelius 6  Sibelius 5  Sibelius 3 )
• Quel fior che all'alba ride, HWV 154   ( )
• Quel fior che all'alba ride, HWV 192   ( )
• The Rising World Jehovah crowned (No. 3 from 'Athalia')   ( )
• Thine be the glory (descant only)   ( )
• Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied   ( MusiXTex )
• Te Deum in A major   ( )
• Their bodies are buried in peace   ( Capella )
• Throughout the Land (No. 8 from 'Solomon')   ( Sibelius 2 )
• Tochter Zion, freue dich   (2 editions available)
• Utrecht Jubilate Deo   ( )
• Utrecht Te Deum   ( )
• Vedendo amor, HWV 175   ( )
• Wash me thoroughly, HWV 248   2 editions available
• Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem Nº 1     (multiple editions available)

Oratorios

• Israel in Egypt, HWV 54   (  1,  2,  3,  4,  1,  2,  3,  4, ) large work, 4 separate PDF files

• Joshua, HWV 64
  • Glory to God   ( Capella )

• Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
  • Hallelujah, Amen   ( Finale 2001 )
  • See the conquering hero comes (Seht, er kommt mit Preis gekrönt)   ( Finale 1998 )
  • Sing unto God   ( )

• Messiah, HWV 56 separate page for links to Messiah sheet music
  • But Thanks Be To God   ( )
  • For unto us a child is born   (  Sibelius 5 )
  • Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah)   several versions available, keyboard, organ, full orchestra, and Latin choral version.

• Samson, HWV 57
  • Awake the trumpet's lofty sound   ( Capella )
  • Awake the trumpet's lofty sound II   ( Capella )
  • Fix'd in His everlasting seat   ( Capella )
  • Glorious hero   ( Capella )
  • Great Dagon has subdued our foe   ( Capella )
  • Let their celestial concerts all unite   ( Capella )
  • O first-created beam   ( Capella )
  • Then round about the starry throne   ( Capella )
  • Then shall they know   ( Capella )
  • To dust his glory they would tread   ( Capella )
  • To fame immortal go   ( Capella )
  • To man God's universal law   ( Capella )
  • To song and dance   ( Capella )
  • With thunder armed   ( Capella )

• Theodora, HWV 68
  • O love divine   ( Harmony Assistant )
  • How strange their ends   ( Harmony Assistant )
  • Angels ever bright and fair   ( )

Operas

• Alcina, HWV 34   ( Capella )
• Atalanta, HWV 35
• Giulio Cesare, HWV 17   ( )
• Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15
  • Dopo l'orrore (aria)   ( )

Arias

• Affanni del pensier   ( )
• Ah! mio cor   ( )
• Alla caccia, HWV 79   ( )
• Als du auf dich genommen   ( Sibelius 4 )
• Bacchus's Speech in Praise of Wine   ( )
• Care Selve   ( )
• I rage, I melt, I burn   ( )
• Lascia ch'io pianga     (3 editions available)
• Ombra mai fu     (4 editions available)
• O ruddier than the cherry   ( )
• The Rapture   ( )
• Sailors's Complaint, The   ( )
• Satyrs's Advice to a Stock-Jobber, The   ( )
• Strephon's Complaint of Love   ( )
• Tu mia speranza   ( )
• Turn not, O Queen, thy face away   ( )

Cantatas

• Allor ch'io dissi addio, HWV 80   ( )
• Spande Ancor a mio Dispetto   ( Sibelius 6 )

Hymn tunes

• Gopsal

Vocal arrangements based on Handel's works

• GF Handel Gavotte   ( )

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External links

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• Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum / Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Gesamtwerk, Deutschen Händelgesellschaft. Hrsg. von Friedrich Chrysander
• Saul, Chorus: How excellent - Dresdner Kammerchor