George Frideric Handel

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Aliases: Born Georg Friedrich Händel (Haendel on typewriters without ä), he adopted the phonetic spelling Hendel in Italy around 1707. In 1727 he petitioned for British citizenship under the name George Frideric Handel and this has been recently adopted by major reference works like Baker's and New Grove. He nevertheless usually signed his name and published as George Frederick Handel and that is what is inscribed on his funeral monument in Westminster Abbey's Poets Corner.

Life

Born: 23 February 1685 Halle

Died: 14 April 1759, London

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) 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   ( ) My Heart is Inditing (Coronation Anthem No. 4) HWV 261     (2 editions available) 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   ( ) 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 throughly, 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 )
• Solomon
  • Nightingale chorus (No. 22 from 'Solomon')     (  )
  • Music, Spread Thy Voice Around (No. 46 from 'Solomon')     (   Sibelius 2 )
  • Praise the Lord (No. 56 from 'Solomon')     (   Sibelius 2 )

• 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