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  • Author: Asayama, Natsuko

  • Last updated:May 1, 2007
  • Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

    George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel)

    German composer. After serving as an organist in Halle, he began composing operas in Hamburg. He traveled to Italy for a time, and it is likely that he gained the acquaintance of the Elector of Hanover towards the end of his Italian period. In 1710, he left Italy to become Kapellmeister at the Hanoverian court. The following year, he traveled to London and settled there permanently when the Elector ascended to the British throne. In this city, Handel achieved great success as a composer of operas and then oratorios, becoming a national musician of Britain.

    Keyboard Works

    Handel's keyboard works were partly intended for the musical education of princesses. Consequently, they were not intended for public concerts. He published a total of three volumes of suites and fugues during his lifetime to counteract rampant pirated editions and inaccurate manuscript copies. Furthermore, after his death, fragments and experimental works that remained in manuscript were also published, and it may be unavoidable that these are less complete compared to those of Bach or D. Scarlatti.

    Handel's Suites

    Handel's suites do not always conform to the standard form of keyboard suites, possessing free arrangements and combinations. The voice leading employed therein is extremely free, sometimes homophonic. Moreover, it is likely that, according to the custom of the time, improvisational ornamentation and expansion were applied during each performance.

    Organ Concertos

    The organ concerto is a new genre initiated by Handel, in which he displayed virtuosity during the intermissions of oratorio performances, rivalling that of the lead singers. Although he himself used a small organ with only a manual keyboard, there is a note “for clavier or organ,” indicating that performance on the harpsichord is also possible.

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    Works(148)

    Piano Solo (15)

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    Sonata HWV 578

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    Sonata for Harpsicord with Double Keys HWV 579

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    Sonata HWV 580

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    sonatina (6)

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    Sonatina HWV 581

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    Sonatina HWV 582

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    Sonatina HWV 585

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    Sonatine HWV584

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    suite (27)

    Suite HWV 426

    Composed in: 1717  Playing time: 11 min 40 sec 

    Suite HWV 427

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    Suite HWV 428

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    Suite HWV 429

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    Suite HWV 430

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    Suite HWV 431

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    Suite HWV 432

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    Suite HWV 433

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    Suite HWV 434

    Composed in: 1710  Playing time: 9 min 40 sec 

    Suite HWV 436

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    Suite HWV 437

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    Suite HWV 438

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    Suite HWV 439

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    Suite HWV 440

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    Suite HWV 441

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    Suite HWV 443

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    Partita(Suite) HWV 444

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    Suite HWV 445

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    Suite HWV 447

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    Suite HWV 448

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    Suite HWV 449

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    Partita HWV 450

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    Suite HWV 451

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    Suite HWV 452

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    Suite HWV 453

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    Suite HWV 455

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    Lesson in A minor HWV 496

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    toccata (1)

    Toccata in g minor HWV 586

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    prelude (11)

    Allegro (Prelude) HWV 488

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    Prelude in E major HWV 566

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    Prelude in f minor HWV 568

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    Prelude in f-sharp minor HWV 570

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    Prelude HWV 572

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    Prelude and Allegro in g minor HWV 574

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    Prelude in a minor HWV 575

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    Prelude in D minor HWV562

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    Prelude in D minor HWV563

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    Prelude in F major HWV567

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    Prelude in a minor HWV576/1

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    fantasy (1)

    Fantasie HWV 490

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    fuga (3)

    6 Fugen HWV 605-610

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    Fuga HWV 611

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    Fuga HWV 612

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    caprice (3)

    Capriccio HWV 481

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    Capriccio HWV 483

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    Reduction/Arrangement (1)

    Choralbearbeitung, "Jesu meine Freude" HWV 480

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    Various works (8)

    Rigaudon

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    Allegro in C major HWV 472

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    Allegro in C HWV 473

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    Allegro in D minor HWV 475

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    Concerto HWV 487

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    Impertinence HWV494

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    Gigue

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    Sarabanda

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    Bourée HWV 363b

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    Chaconne HWV 435

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    Chaconne HWV 442

    Composed in: 1710  Playing time: 16 min 00 sec 

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    Allemande HWV 476

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    Allemande HWV 477

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    Allemande HWV 478

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    Chaconne HWV 484

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    Courante HWV 489

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    Gavotte HWV 491

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    Gigue in F major HWV 492

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    Bourée "Impertinence" HWV 494

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    Air in F major HWV464

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    Air in G minor HWV466

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    Air in G minor HWV467

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    Air in A major HWV468

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    Air in B-flat major HWV469

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    Air à 2 Claviers HWV470

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    Air HWV471

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    Air in G major HWV474 

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    Piano Ensemble (2)

    suite (1)

    Suite a deux clavecins HWV 446

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    transcription (3)

    Rejouissance

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    Menuet

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    Chamber Music (2)

    sonata (39)

    Sonata HWV 357

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    Sonata HWV 358

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    Sonata HWV 359a

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    Sonata HWV 360 Op.1-2

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    Sonata HWV 361 Op.1-3

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    Sonata HWV 362 Op. 1-4

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    Sonata HWV 363a

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    Sonata HWV 364a

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    Sonata HWV 365 Op.1-7

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    Sonata HWV 366

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    Sonata HWV 369 Op.1-11

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    Sonata HWV 371 Op.1-13

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    Sonata HWV 377

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    Sonata HWV 378

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    Sonata HWV 379 Op.1-1a

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    Trio Sonata HWV 392

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    Trio Sonata HWV 393

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    Trio Sonata HWV 394

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    Trio Sonata HWV 395

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    Trio Sonata HWV 403

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    Trio Sonata HWV 405

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    Sonata HWV 406

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    Sonata HWV 408

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    Sonata HWV 412

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    Trio Sonata HWV386a

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    Orchestral work (1)

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    Lied (1)

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    Ombra mai fù HWV 40

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    Lascia ch’io pianga HWV 7b

    Key: F-Dur  Composed in: 1731  Playing time: 4 min 20 sec 

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    etc (2)

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    opera (1)

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