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

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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) 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 editions available) 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 (Coronation Anthem No. 4) HWV 261     (2 editions available) Nightingale Chorus (No. 22 from 'Solomon')     (  ) Nisi Dominus, HWV 238     (2 editions available) 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 ) Quel fior che all'alba ride, HWV 154   ( ) Quel fior che all'alba ride, HWV 192   ( ) Salve Regina, HWV 241   The Rising World Jehovah crowned (No. 3 from 'Athalia')     (  ) Singt dem Herrn ein neues Lied     (  )   ( MusiXTex ) Te Deum in A major   ( ) Their bodies are buried in peace   ( Capella ) 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 (from Joshua, HWV 64)     (   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     (   )
  • Throughout the Land (No. 8 from 'Solomon')   (   Sibelius 2  )
  • Thine be the glory (descant only)   2 editions available
  • Tochter Zion, freue dich   (2 editions available)
• Messiah, HWV 56 separate page for links to Messiah sheet music
  • But Thanks Be To God (from 'Messiah')   ( )
  • For unto us a child is born (from 'Messiah')     (  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 from 'Ottone')     (  ) )

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   ( )
• Cara sposa, amante cara (from Rinaldo)    (2 editions available)
• E partirai, mia vita?, HWV 111   ( )
• Empio, diro, tu sei   ( )
• Lascia ch'io pianga     (3 editions available)
• Ombra mai fu (from Serse)    (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   ( )
• Cecilia, volgi un sguardo, HWV 89   ( Sibelius 6 )
• Nell'africane selve, HWV 136   ( )
• 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