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Handel's earliest datable composition. In Chrysander's "G. F. Handel's Werke" this piece referred to as Op. 2 No 2 388 B-flat major c. 1717–1718 1733 Opus 2 No. 3 In Chrysander's "G. F. Handel's Werke" this piece referred to as Op. 2 No 4. The finale appears in the overture to Athalia (HWV 52) 389 F major c. 1718–1722 1733 Opus 2 No. 4
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ ˈ h æ n d əl / HAN-dəl; [a] baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, [b] German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ⓘ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) [3] [c] was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos.
George Frideric Handel's operas comprise 42 musical dramas that were written between 1705 and 1741 in various genres.Though his large scale English language works written for the theatre are technically oratorios and not operas, several of them, such as Semele (1744), have become an important part of the opera repertoire.
The Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated as HWV) is the Catalogue of Handel's Works. It was published in three volumes (in German) by Bernd Baselt between 1978 and 1986, and lists every piece of music known to have been written by George Frideric Handel. The catalogue also includes the first few bars of each piece and large amounts of factual ...
Ballets to the music of George Frideric Handel (2 P) C. Cantatas by George Frideric Handel (14 P) Concertos by George Frideric Handel (1 C, 5 P) O.
Die G. F. Händel zugeschriebenen Kompositionen, 1700–1800 : (HWV Anh. B) = The compositions attributed to G. F. Handel, 1700–1800. Hildesheim: Georg Olms. ISBN 978-3-487-15483-1. HWV Appendix to HWV; contains doubtful and spurious works HG The Händel-Gesellschaft has been superseded by the Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (HWV) HHA
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He was certainly devoted to Handel's music, having helped to finance the publication of every Handel score since Rodelinda in 1725. [24] By 1741, after their collaboration on Saul, a warm friendship had developed between the two, and Handel was a frequent visitor to the Jennens family estate at Gopsall. [21]