Other Links

Websites Dedicated to Handel

Handel Exhibitions

Princeton University's "Il caro Sassone : George Frideric Handel at Princeton" (Oct. 4, 1999 - Jan. 9, 2000)

Biographical Information

Classical Music Pages' George Frideric Handel -- from "The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music"
The "Case" of George Frideric Handel -- by William A. Frosch, M.D.
Sylve Åkessons : Georg Friedrich Händel (Svensk!)
Klassik Online's Handel: auf deutsch

Chronologies

At gfhandel.org:
Michael Sciortino's Georg Friedrich Handel chronology
Händel-Haus Halle chronology (auf deutsch)

Collected Pictures of Handel

Händel-Haus Halle's portrait collection.
An older portrait of Handel. (Contributed by Thomas Schöttl)
Teri Noel Towe's "The Portraits of George Frideric Handel"
Classical Music Pages' "Handel Picture Gallery"
National Portrait Gallery, London:
- Handel portrait prints for sale!
- Handel portraits at the NPG

Catalogues / Editions of Handel's Works

Hallische-Händel-Ausgabe (HHA; Halle Handel Edition; Halle, Germany)
- Hallische Händel-Ausgabe
  c/o Händel-Haus
  Große Nikolaistraße 5
  D-06108 Halle
  GERMANY
- Tel.: ++49 (0) 345/50090318 or ++49 (0) 345/50090319
- Fax: ++49 (0) 345/50090416
- E-Mail: haendel@halle.de or Landgraf@musik.uni-halle.de
Bärenreiter HHA: (1) and (2)
gfhandel.org's Compositions by Genre
Robert Poliquin's "catalogue des oeuvres HWV"

Collections

The Jacob Coopersmith Collection of Handeliana (University of Maryland at College Park Libraries)
Indiana University's Julius Herford Collection - Handel
McGill University's David Edelberg/Handel Collection - a searchable database of Edelberg's large collection of Handel sound recordings
Princeton University's James S. Hall Collection of Handel
Gerald Coke Handel Collection at the Foundling Museum –ß The Handel collection is an internationally important collection of material relating to Handel and his contemporaries, including manuscripts, printed books and music, libretti, paintings and engravings, memorabilia, art works and ephemera. The materials were collected by Gerald Coke over a period of 60 years and left by his widow to the Coram Foundation, a childcare charity which is the successor of the 18th century Foundling Hospital, of which Handel was a Governor and benefactor.
- Katie Hawks shares her impressions about The Foundling Museum

Handel Literature

Click here.

Handel Listserve / Discussion Groups

Yahoo! Groups:
- Handel-L (successor to the University of Maryland HANDEL-L listserve)
- HandelAndHisWorld
- BachAndHandelResearchResources
- Handel Forever (in Italian)
Yahoo! Clubs (including Chat Rooms)
George Frideric Handel Discussion Port

Handel's "Messiah"

gfhandel.org's Messiah Libretto
The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums: Messiah MS in Beethoven's Hand
Messiah: Arranged by WA Mozart
Messiah: The Complete Guide
Book: Handel's Messiah; The Story Behind the Greatest Music Ever Sung by C. Curtis Wood
Roy Greenhill's Messiah Wordbook
Tom Lumb's "Standing for the Hallelujah Chorus"
Antipas' Messiah MIDI website
"Happy Birthday Händel" - Messiah Chorus Sing-Along (Halle, Germany)
Redwod Empire's "Sing-Along Messiah" (an annual sing-along performance)
NotePerfect's "Messiah Training CDs"

Various Works by Handel

Joel Kasow's "Handel operas: new releases"
Anthony Hicks's Mirth, Melancholy and Moderation (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)
Anthony Hicks's Rinaldo
Suzanne Aspden's "The Rinaldo story"
Tim Cordell's Handel operas
Opera Glass': George Frideric Handel (by Rick Bogart)
Giulio Cesare synopsis
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Halifax Choral Society's Judas Maccabaeus
Anthony Hicks's Water Music

Libretti

Handel Home Page's Messiah libretto
Stanford University -- scroll down to "Haendel"

Musical Scores & Sheet Music of Handel's Works

University Music Editions Handel "Complete Works" (Chrysander Edition) - microfiche reprint
Various Dover scores (you will need to scroll down the page to find Handel)
Search the Pepper Music Network
Bärenreiter's (http://www.baerenreiter.com/)
- Complete Halle Handel Edition
- Handel Scores: Once you've accessed the Bärenreiter website's welcome page, from the composer/author pull-down, select "Händel". Alternativey, you may wish to perform a "Detailed Search" instead.
Sunhawk Corporation (once you're there, you will need to "search" for Handel)
Music-Scores.com's Handel
SheetMusicPlus.com's Handel
Musicroom.com's Handel
- Musicroom's Novello Handel Edition
Breitkopf & Härtel Musikverlag (Once there, "search" for Handel)
Editions Peters
Sheetmusicsuperstore.com (Search "All categories" for "Handel")
JW Pepper.com. (Search for Handel)
Werner Icking Music Archive: Handel
Boosey & Hawkes Shop (search for Handel)
Music Exchange, Ltd. (search for Handel)
SheetMusicNow.com (search for Handel)
MuseData's Handel scores [MuseData is a project of the Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities (CCARH) at Stanford University].
ActiveMusician.com's Handel
Schubertline's Handel
Luc Dupuis' transcribed concerti for a one-manual organ. (Hosted by SibeliusMusic.com. Requires installation of Sibelius Scorch & Scorch ActiveX Plugin to view score and listen to music.)
Scrolls from the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University School of Music -- scroll down to Handel
Great Scores Handel page
Chester-Novello -- includes G. Schirmer sheet music

Performances of Handel's Works

gfhandel.org's concert calendar
Saul
Susanna
'Too Hot to Handel' -- a jazzy, soulful reinterpretation of Handel's Messiah.

Recording Labels' Handel Pages

Chandos
Harmonia Mundi (Search for "Handel")
Hyperion Records Ltd.
Newport Classic
Decca/Philips Digital Classics
K&K Verlaganstalt : Edition Maulbronn Monastary Oratorios
- Jephtha
- Samson
- Judas Maccabaeus
- Saul
- Solomon
- Belshazzar
- Messiah
Junger Kantorei & Barockorchester Frankfurt Handel discography (i.e., Saul, Athalia, Il Trionfo del Tempo e della Verità, Deborah)
Naxos
Vox Music Group
Thirteen Colonies Press' "Handel: English Country Dances"

Retailers' Handel Pages

Search H&B Recordings Direct's George Frideric Handel
Search Statue.com for Handel's bust
Qualiton's (Distributor) Handel
"Classical Kids" recording of Hallelujah Handel! -- "a recording devoted to the life and music of Handel, told through the eyes of a child."
ArkivMusic's Handel

Recording Recommendations

ClassicalNet's Handel Basic Repertoire
Handel for a desert island
- Brad Leissa's selections
- David Vickers's selections
- Philippe Gelinaud's selections

Videos

NOTE: Most countries around the World use one of three main television broadcast standards: NTSC, PAL or SECAM. These apply to both VHS and DVD. Hence, videos/DVD from one region may not be viewable from another region.

NTSC: USA, many Asian countries (including Japan) - 525 lines/frame
PAL: Europe (with some exceptions) - 625 lines/frame
SECAM: France, Russia (and others) - 625 lines/frame (unlike PAL, it transmits color sequentially)

To complicate things further, there are 8 DVD coding regions:

U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories
Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt)
Southeast Asia and East Asia (including Hong Kong)
Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America, Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean
Eastern Europe (Former Soviet Union), Indian subcontinent, Africa, North Korea, and Mongolia
China
Reserved
Special international venues (airplanes, cruise ships, etc.)

(See the map at http://www.robertsdvd.com/world.html
Also visit http://www.dvdtalk.com/rce.html)

"The Great Mr. Handel" - A film produced in 1942 by Lord Rank’s G.H.W. Productions Ltd.
- Vision Video (VHS/NTSC format)
- Connoisseur Video (VHS/PAL format) - Available at amazon.co.uk (image)
"Water Music" - DVD (formatted for worldwide use) featuring the English Bach Festival Orchestra and The English Bach Festival Dancers. (47 minutes)
Glyndebourne store. (Enter "Shop", then select "Glyndebourne Video Gallery". Videos in VHS/PAL format).
- Theodora
- Rodelinda
- "Opera/Sound Bites" (tape cassettes)
  - (1) Rodelinda, presented by Jancis Robinson
    Theodora, presented by James Naughtie.
    Texts by Antony Peattie
  - (2) Guilio Cesare, presented by Timothy West. Text by Anthony Hicks
    Xerxes, presented by Patricia Hodge. Text by Jonathan Keates
Devine Entertainment Corporation's Handel's Last Chance
Kulturvideo (various Handel videos in NTSC format, such as Theodora, Agrippina, Xerxes, and Messiah)
"A Night with Handel" - A DVD (Region 2 encoding) with selected Italian arias performed by notable Handelian singers, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and presented by Handel biographer Jonathan Keates. It can be purchased on-line at http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004CYOA/ref=sr_aps_dvd_1_1/026-7102061-6986002
Bullfrog Films' The Sorceress : Kiri Te Kanawa
"George Frideric Handel: Honour, Profit & Pleasure" (1986) - IMDb

Sound files (e.g., MIDI)

Classical MIDI Archives - Handel
Michael Sciortino's "The Classical Music MIDI Pages" - Handel
Midiworld's Händel Page
Barockstadt's Handel

Miscellaneous Handel Web Information

Tim Smith's Georg Friedrich Handel
Handel - Catch the Thief!
The Handel Organ at St Lawrence, Little Stanmore
Internet Public Library's: George Frideric Handel
A. Bender's George Friedrich Händel
R.B. Chatwin's Handel and the Clarinet
Häendel (en français)
Donald Burrows' "Handel's first Foundling Hospital concert"
Donald Burrows' "Christmas with Bach and Handel"
George Frideric Handel
In Touch Ministries: George Frideric Handel
Classical Musicians Dictionary's George Frideric Handel
Maitreya Sangha's "George Hendel (sic) Memorial"
Classical is Cool! 's Handel
The Organ Connection's Handel
Handel
Devine Entertainment Corporation's Handel
Klassika's Händel
Klassiknetz's Georg Friedrich Händel
Studyworld's Handel
Volume IV of Charles Burney's "A General History of Music" -- Handel is frequently mentioned in this volume.
Baroque On! -- a music education project jointly produced by the ABC, Musica Viva In Schools, English Baroque ensemble Florilegium and The British Council. The project explores Baroque musical style by leading you through a series of activities based on two movements from Handel's Concerto Grosso Opus 6 No.5 in D Major. To enjoy this site, I hope you have a high speed internet connection! (You will need to install some software to fully appreciate this site.)
University College Cork's Handel
Georg Friedrich Händel-Chor, Luzern
Handel at Adlington Hall
Musical Times: 1901 obituary of Kark Franz Friedrich Chrysander
- Chrysander (with Max Seiffert's assistance and under the auspices of the German Handel Society) was responsible for the 100+ volume complete edition of Handel's works.
Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Oberschule (Berlin)
The Masque Affect -- A musical by d'masque productions inc.
Here Of A Sunday Morning's (HOASM) Handel.
John Wall's NewOlde.com Handel discography page
Jean-Claude Brenac's Handel page

GFHandel.org credits

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