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SubjectCount
oratorios7
anthems1
cantatas, secular1
choruses, sacred (mixed voices) with orchestra1
coronation music1
funeral music1
masques1
masques with music1
saint cecilia's day1

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People and organisationsCount
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)43
Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802)10
Clarke-Whitfeld, John (1770-1836)5
Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)3
Arnold, Samuel2
Dryden, John (1631-1700)2
Jennens, Charles (1700-1773)2
Milton, John (1608-1674)2
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)2
Bennett, William Sterndale (1816-1875)1

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From 18006

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Up to 179918
Up to 189925

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Julius Caesar : an opera

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)

[1725]

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The Messiah : an oratorio

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)

[ca. 1790]

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Handel's oratorio, "Samson", (composed in the year 1742)

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Hamilton, Newburgh (1691-1761); Milton, John (1608-1674); Novello, Vincent (1781-1861)

[ca. 1865]

For solo voices, chorus (SSATTB) and orchestra; accompaniment arranged for piano. Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, after Milton.

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Joseph and his brethren : an oratorio

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Miller, James (1706-1744)

1744

Libretto by James Miller.

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Jephtha : a sacred oratorio in score, composed in the year 1751

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Morell, Thomas (1703-1784); Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802)

[1792]

Text by Thomas Morell. Arnold's ed.no. 116-121.

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Judas Maccabaeus : oratorio in score as it was originally perform'd

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Morell, Thomas (1703-1784)

[1802?]

Printed from Wright's plates (ca. 1785), with modified title-page. Libretto by Thomas Morell.

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Semele : a dramatick performance in score

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Arnold, Samuel (1740-1802); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

[1788]

Text adapted from Congreve by an unknown compiler. Arnold's ed. no.24-28.

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Acis and Galatea : a masque performed for the first time at Cannons in the year 1721

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Bennett, William Sterndale (1816-1875); Handel Society

1846-47

Edited by William Sterndale Bennett.

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Alexanders Fest, oder, Die Gewalt der Musik : eine grosse Cantate aus dem Englischen des Dryden übersetzt von C.W. Ramler

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Ramler, Karl Wilhelm (1725-1798); Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)

[1814?]

For soloists (STTB), chorus (SATB) and orchestra; includes piano reduction. German words.

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Coronation, and funeral anthems

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Clarke-Whitfeld, John (1770-1836)

[1809?]

For chorus and organ or piano; acc. orig. for orchestra. Words for the Coronation anthems from various Psalms; the Funeral anthem for Queen Caroline has Biblical text: The ways of Zion do mourn.

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L'allegro ed il pensieroso

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759); Jennens, Charles (1700-1773); Clarke-Whitfeld, John (1770-1836)

[1809?]

Cantata.

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Hercules : an oratorio in score

Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)

[1788?-1789]

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