List of compositions by George Frideric Handel

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The following is a list of compositions by George Frideric Handel.

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1 Operas
2 Odes and Masques
3 Oratorios
4 Instrumental music
5 Texts - Others
6 External link

[edit] Operas

HWV	Title	Premiere	Venue	Notes
1	Almira	8 January 1705	Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg
2	Nero	25 February 1705	Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg	Music lost
3	Florindo	1708	Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg	Music lost
4	Daphne	1708	Theater am Gänsemarkt, Hamburg	Music lost
5	Rodrigo	1707	Florence
6	Agrippina	Late 1709/Early 1710	Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo, Venice
7a/b	Rinaldo	24 February 1711	Queen's Theatre, London
8a/b/c	Il pastor fido	22 November 1712	Queen's Theatre, London
9	Teseo	10 January 1713	Queen's Theatre, London
10	Lucio Cornelio Silla	June 1713?	London?	Music reused in Amadigi
11	Amadigi	25 May 1715	King's Theatre, London
12a/b	Radamisto	27 April 1720	King's Theatre, London
13	Muzio Scevola	15 April 1721	King's Theatre, London	only Act 3 by Handel
14	Floridante	9 December 1721	King's Theatre, London
15	Ottone	12 January 1723	King's Theatre, London
16	Flavio	14 May 1723	King's Theatre, London
17	Giulio Cesare	20 February 1724	King's Theatre, London
18	Tamerlano	31 October 1724	King's Theatre, London
19	Rodelinda	13 February 1725	King's Theatre, London
20	Scipione	12 March 1726	King's Theatre, London
21	Alessandro	5 May 1726	King's Theatre, London
22	Admeto	31 January 1727	King's Theatre, London
23	Riccardo Primo	11 November 1727	King's Theatre, London
24	Siroe	17 February 1728	King's Theatre, London
25	Tolomeo	30 April 1728	King's Theatre, London
26	Lotario	2 December 1729	King's Theatre, London
27	Partenope	24 February 1730	King's Theatre, London
28	Poro	2 February 1731	King's Theatre, London
29	Ezio	15 January 1732	King's Theatre, London
30	Sosarme	15 February 1732	King's Theatre, London
31	Orlando	27 January 1733	King's Theatre, London
32	Arianna in Creta	26 January 1734	King's Theatre, London
33	Ariodante	8 January 1735	Covent Garden Theatre, London
34	Alcina	16 April 1735	Covent Garden Theatre, London
35	Atalanta	12 May 1736	Covent Garden Theatre, London
36	Arminio	12 January 1737	Covent Garden Theatre, London
37	Giustino	16 February 1737	Covent Garden Theatre, London
38	Berenice	18 May 1737	Covent Garden Theatre, London
39	Faramondo	3 January 1738	King's Theatre, London
40	Serse	15 April 1738	King's Theatre, London
A 14	Giove in Argo (Pasticcio)	1 May 1739	King's Theatre, London
41	Imeneo	22 November 1740	Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
42	Deidamia	10 January 1741	Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London

[edit] Odes and Masques

HWV	Title	Premiere	Venue
72	Aci, Galatea e Polifemo	19 July 1708	Naples
49a/b	Acis and Galatea	probably 1718	London
74	Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne	6 February 1713	Royal Palace in London
75	Alexander's Feast	19 February 1736	King's Theatre, London
76	Ode for St. Cecilia's Day	22 November 1739	Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London

[edit] Oratorios

HWV	Title	Premiere	Venue	Text
46a/b	Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno/ Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità	June 1707	Rome
47	La Resurrezione	8 April 1708	Rome
48	Brockes-Passion	1709?	Hamburg
50a/b	Esther	probably 1718	London
51	Deborah	21 February 1733	King's Theatre, London
52	Athalia	10 July 1733	Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
53	Saul	16 January 1739	King's Theatre, London
54	Israel in Egypt	4 April 1739	King's Theatre, London	Available
55	L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato	27 February 1740	Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
56	Messiah	13 April 1742	New Music Hall, Dublin
57	Samson	18 February 1743	Covent Garden Theatre, London
58	Semele (oratorio)	10 February 1744	Covent Garden Theatre, London
59	Joseph and his Brethren	2 March 1744	Covent Garden Theatre, London
60	Hercules	5 January 1745	King's Theatre, London
61	Belshazzar	27 March 1745	King's Theatre, London	Available
62	Occasional Oratorio	14 February 1746	Covent Garden Theatre, London
63	Judas Maccabaeus	1 April 1747	Covent Garden Theatre, London
64	Joshua	9 March 1748	Covent Garden Theatre, London
65	Alexander Balus	23 March 1748	Covent Garden Theatre, London
66	Susanna	10 February 1749	Covent Garden Theatre, London
67	Solomon	17 March 1749	Covent Garden Theatre, London
68	Theodora	16 March 1750	Covent Garden Theatre, London
69	The Choice of Hercules	1 March 1751	Covent Garden Theatre, London
70	Jephtha	26 February 1752	Covent Garden Theatre, London
71	The Triumph of Time and Truth	11 March 1757	Covent Garden Theatre, London

[edit] Instrumental music

6 Organ Concertos op. 4 (HWV 289 – 294)
6 Organ Concertos op. 7 (HWV 306 – 311)
Organ Concertos in F major The Cuckoo and the Nightingale (HWV 295), A major HWV (296) and D minor HWV (304).
6 Concerti grossi op. 3 (HWV 312 – 317)
Concerto grosso in C major "Alexander's Feast" (HWV 318)
12 Concerti grossi (Grand Concertos) op. 6 (HWV 319 – 330)
3 Concerti a due cori (HWV 332 – 334)
Water Music (HWV 348 – 350)
Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351)
Chamber sonatas op. 1 (HWV 359b - 363)
8 Great Suites (1720) for harpsichord (HWV 426 - 433) includes The Harmonious Blacksmith.
8 Great Suites (1733) for harpsichord (HWV 434 - 441)