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The HWV numbers do not imply that Handel wrote exactly 612 works. The combination of unnumbered works, lost works, misattributed works, spurious works, variants (e.g. HWV 251 a–d), grouped works (e.g. HWV 229 1–7), and arrangements (e.g. HWV 482 1–4), all render meaningless the determination of the
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is numbered as HWV 56. The HWV numbers range from 1 to 612, however they do not represent a global date-ordering of composition; i.e. HWV 1 is not Handel's first work, nor is HWV 612 his last. Instead, the HWV numbers group works into musical categories, and provide a good ordering of the date of
57:. The catalogue also includes the first few bars of each piece and large amounts of factual information including manuscript sources, early prints, photographs, spurious works, etc. The catalogue does not include the full scores of Handel's works (for the full scores, see
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Verzeichnis der Werke Georg
Friedrich Händels (HWV) entry at www.openlibrary.org
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49:. It was published in three volumes (in German) by
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412:List of compositions by George Frideric Handel
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27:Catalogue of George Friederic Handel's Works
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452:. Vol. x (2nd ed.). London:
438:(2001). "Handel, George Frideric". In
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1659:Concerti grossi, Op. 3
1654:Organ concertos, Op. 7
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414:for more details).
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1474:Water Music
1068:Der Messias
113:43–45, 218
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699:Alessandro
650:Floridante
422:References
139:49, 72–76
1755:Göttingen
1748:Festivals
1681:Germanico
1402:Canticles
1047:Structure
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846:Faramondo
804:Ariodante
741:Partenope
685:Rodelinda
678:Tamerlano
636:Radamisto
582:Agrippina
454:Macmillan
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130:Oratorios
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1160:Theodora
1104:Hercules
1062:Part III
881:Deidamia
839:Berenice
832:Giustino
818:Atalanta
692:Scipione
554:Florindo
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383:Vol. 23
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156:Cantatas
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1499:sonatas
1497:XV solo
1342:Anthems
1174:Jephtha
1153:Solomon
1146:Susanna
1057:Part II
1041:Messiah
1013:Athalia
1006:Deborah
952:Alceste
825:Arminio
776:Orlando
762:Sosarme
727:Tolomeo
589:Rinaldo
575:Rodrigo
273:Anthems
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76:Messiah
1765:London
1695:Gideon
1323:Gloria
1132:Joshua
1090:Semele
1083:Samson
1052:Part I
999:Esther
874:Imeneo
811:Alcina
797:Oreste
769:Catone
706:Admeto
664:Flavio
657:Ottone
568:Almira
560:Daphne
542:Operas
399:Deest
104:Operas
1856:Audio
1760:Halle
1688:Nabal
1673:Other
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860:Serse
720:Siroe
615:Silla
608:Teseo
195:Hymns
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1642:Opus
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