G. F. Handel's Compositions

Assembled Works
(Opus Numbers et al)

Op 1 No 1: HWV 359b
Op 1 No 2: HWV 360
Op 1 No 3: HWV 361
Op 1 No 4: HWV 362
Op 1 No 5: HWV 363b
Op 1 No 6: HWV 364a
Op 1 No 7: HWV 365
Op 1 No 8: HWV 366
Op 1 No 9a: HWV 367a
Op 1 No 9b: HWV 367bflute
Op 1 No 10: HWV 368 (probably spurious)
Op 1 No 11: HWV 369
Op 1 No 12: HWV 370 (probably spurious)
Op 1 No 13: HWV 371
Op 1 No 14: HWV 372 (probably spurious)
Op 1 No 15: HWV 373 (probably spurious)
- Notes:
  - In the 18th and early 19th centuries, these sonatas appeared in two versions: published by the Amsterdam firm of Roger (an unauthorised forgery [by Walsh?]) and by John Walsh. The two editions contain 14 sonatas between them.
  - In 1879 with the publication of Friedrich Chrysander's volume 27 of Handel-Gesellschaft (HG), HWV 379 and 371 were added.
- HG edition: 27 adapted and extended these opus 1 numbers.

Op 2 No 1: HWV 386b
Op 2 No 2: HWV 387
Op 2 No 3: HWV 388
Op 2 No 4: HWV 389
Op 2 No 5: HWV 390
Op 2 No 6: HWV 391
- Notes: Published by Walsh in 1733 with successive 'Roger' and 'Walsh' title pages.
- HG edition: 27
  - HWV 386a = HG Op 2 No 1a (not publ. by Walsh)
  - Walsh Op 2 No 1 = HG Op 2 No 1b
  - Walsh Op 2 No 2 = HG Op 2 No 2
  - Walsh Op 2 No 3 = HG Op 2 No 4
  - Walsh Op 2 No 4 = HG Op 2 No 5
  - Walsh Op 2 No 5 = HG Op 2 No 6
  - Walsh Op 2 No 6 = HG Op 2 No 7
- HHA edition: IV/10/1

Op 5 No 1: HWV 396
Op 5 No 2: HWV 397
Op 5 No 3: HWV 398
Op 5 No 4: HWV 399
Op 5 No 5: HWV 400
Op 5 No 6: HWV 401
Op 5 No 7: HWV 402
- Borrowings:
  - Contains music previously composed: Cannons anthems, operas from 1734-5, and the ouverture to Athalia (HWV 52) / Parnasso in festa (HWV 73). (See the Trio Sonata in G major, Op 5 No 4; HWV 399.)
  - Between 1737-8, Handel composed new music for Op 5 Nos. 5 & 6, and possibly for Nos. 1 & 2.
- Published: 28 February 1739, by John Walsh.
- HG edition: 27
- HHA edition: IV/10/2

Op 6 No 1: HWV 319
Op 6 No 2: HWV 320
Op 6 No 3: HWV 321
Op 6 No 4: HWV 322
Op 6 No 5: HWV 323
Op 6 No 6: HWV 324
Op 6 No 7: HWV 325
Op 6 No 8: HWV 326
Op 6 No 9: HWV 327
Op 6 No 10: HWV 328
Op 6 No 11: HWV 329
Op 6 No 12: HWV 330
- Composed: September - October 1739
- Published : 21 April 1740, by John Walsh
- Notes: Originally for strings only; Handel added oboes later to some concertos -- probably for theatre performances.
- HG edition: 21
- HHA edition: IV/15

Op 7 No 1: HWV 306
Op 7 No 2: HWV 307
Op 7 No 3: HWV 308
Op 7 No 4: HWV 309
Op 7 No 5: HWV 310
Op 7 No 6: HWV 311
- Notes: Published posthumously in 1761 by John Walsh the younger and compiled by John Christopher Smith junior.
- HG edition: 28
- HHA edition: IV/7

Künft' ger Zeiten eitler Kummer: HWV 202
Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen: HWV 203
Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken: HWV 204
Süsse Stille, sanfte Quelle ruhiger Gelassenheit: HWV 205
Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise: HWV 206
Meine Seele hört im sehen: HWV 207
Die ihr aus dunkeln Grüften: HWV 208
In den angenehmen Büschen: HWV 209
Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden: HWV 210
- Genre: Hymn
- Libretto: Texts by B.H. Brockes from "Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott."
- Composed: London, circa 1724-6
- HHA edition: V/5,6

Anthem 1: HWV 246
Anthem 2: HWV 247
Anthem 3: HWV 248
Anthem 4: HWV 249b
Anthem 5: HWV 250c
Anthem 6: HWV 251b
Anthem 7: HWV 252
Anthem 8: HWV 253
Anthem 9: HWV 254
Anthem 10: HWV 255
Anthem 11: HWV 256a
- Composed: Cannons, 1717-18
- First performance: St. Lawrence, Cannons Park, Edgware.
- Notes:
  - Composed for Handel's patron, James Brydges, Earl of Carnarvon (later, 1719, Duke of Chandos) (1674-1744)
  - Handel lived at Cannons from August 1717 through sometime in late 1718 following the public's diminishing interest in Italian opera back in London.
- HG edition: 34-5
- HHA edition: III/4-6

Anthem 1: HWV 258
Anthem 2: HWV 259
Anthem 3: HWV 260
Anthem 4: HWV 261
- Composed: ?9 September 1727 - 11 October 1727
- First performance:
  - 11 October 1727: London, Westminster Abbey for the coronation of King George II and Queen Caroline.
  - Public rehearsals took place on 6 and 9 October.
- Notes: Historical inconsistency exists between a copy of the official Order of Service with comments by the Archbishop (William Wake) and the Clerk of the Cheque, Jonathan Smith, who kept an actual record of what was performed and in what order.
- HG edition: 14
- HHA edition: III/10

Sinners obey the Gospel word: HWV 284
O Love divine, how sweet thou art: HWV 285
Rejoice, the Lord is King: HWV 286
- Genre: Hymn
- Libretto: Texts by Charles Wesley.
- Composed: circa 1747
- Notes : Probably at the request of Priscilla Rich.

HWV 295 ("The Cuckoo and the Nightingale" or "Concerto No. 13")
HWV 296a ("Concerto No. 14")
HWV 297 ("Concerto No. 15")
HWV 298 ("Concerto No. 16")
HWV 299 ("Concerto No. 17")
HWV 300 ("Concerto No. 18")
- Published: November 1740
- Notes: Only two original organ concertos - the remainder being keyboard reductions of the Op. 6 orchestral concertos.