G. F. Handel's Compositions

HWV 101-200

HWV 101a: Dal fatale momento -- Spurious

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Notes: Spurious, by F. Mancini
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 101b: Dal fatale momento -- Spurious

• Genre: Italian cantata (B)
• Notes: Spurious, by F. Mancini
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 102a: Dalla guerra amorosa

• Genre: Italian cantata (B)
• Composed: Italy, 1708-9
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1709
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 102b: Dalla guerra amorosa

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Italy, 1708-9
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1709
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 103: Deh! lasciate e vita e volo

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Libretto: Text by Paolo Antonio Rolli
• Composed: London, circa 1722-5
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 104: Del bel idolo mio

• Genre: Italian cantata (B)
• Composed: Rome, 1708-9
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1709
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 105: Armida abbandonata or Dietro l'orme fuggaci

• Genre: Dramatic cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, June 1707
• First performance: Possibly 26 June 1707, Palazzo Bonelli, Rome
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709.
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 106: Dimmi, o mio cor

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Italy, 1707-9
• Notes: See HWV 132 note.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 107: Ditemi, o piante

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, July/August 1708
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1708
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 108: Dolce mio ben, s'io taccio

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Notes:
  • No autograph.
  • No source attributed to Handel.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 109a: Dolc' è pur d'amor l'affanno

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Libretto: ?Text by Paolo Antonio Rolli
• Composed: London, circa 1717-18
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 109b: Dolc' è pur d'amor l'affanno

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Libretto: ?Text by Paolo Antonio Rolli
• Composed: London, ?after 1718
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 110: Agrippina condotta a morire or Dunque sarà pur vero

• Genre: Dramatic cantata (S)
• Libretto: Anonymous
• Composed: Italy, 1707-8
• First performance: Early in 1708 by the castrato soprano, Pasqualino Tiepoli.
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 111a: E partirai, mia vita?

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Italy, 1707-9
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 111b: E partirai, mia vita?

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: London, circa 1725-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 112: Figli del mesto cor

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: Probably Italy, 1707-9
• Notes: No autograph or Italian-period copies
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 113: Figlio d'alte speranze

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Florence, 1706-7
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 114: Filli adorata e cara

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, 1707-8
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1709
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 115: Fra pensieri quel pensiero

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: Italy, 1707-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 116: Fra tante pene

• Genre: Dramatic cantata (S)
• Composed: Florence, 1706-7
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1709
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 117: Hendel, non può mia musa

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Libretto: Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili
• Composed: July/August, 1708
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1708, 1709
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 118: Ho fuggito Amore anch'io

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Libretto: Text by Paolo Antonio Rolli
• Composed: London, circa 1722-3
• Notes: Printed without final aria in HG.
• HG edition: 51 (printed without final aria in HG)
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 119: Echeggiate, festeggiate, numi eterni or Io languisco fra le gioie

• Genre: Dramatic cantata (S, S, S, A, B)
• Composed: London, circa 1710-12
• Notes: Partly lost. Fragments printed in wrong order in HG.
• HG edition: 52a, 52b (fragments printed in wrong order in HG)
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 120a: Irene, idolo mio

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Italy, 1707-9
• Notes: No autographs or Italian-period copies.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 120b: Irene, idolo mio

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: England, after 1710
• Notes: No autographs or Italian-period copies.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 121a: La Solitudine or L'aure grate, il fresco rio

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: London, circa 1722-3
• Notes: fragment
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 121b: La Solitudine or L'aure grate, il fresco rio

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: London, before 1718
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 122: Apollo e Dafne or La terra è liberata

• Genre: Dramatic cantata (S, B)
• Composed: Probably begun Venice, 1709. Completed Hanover, 1710
• Borrowings:
  • "Pende il ben dell 'universo" reused in "Radamisto" (HWV 12a), 1720, Act III, Scene 5.
  • "Spezza l'arco" borrowed from "Almira" (HWV 1), 1705, Act II, Scene 5 and "Rodrigo" (HWV 5), 1707, Act II.
  • "Felicissima quest'alma" reused in "Muzio Scevola" (HWV 13), 1721, Scene 8.
  • "Ardi adori e preghi" reused in the cantata, "Echeggiate, festeggiate, numi eterni" (HWV 119), 1710.
  • "Come rosa in su la spina" reused in "Agrippina" (HWV 6), 1709, Act III, Scene 4 and in "Echeggiate, festeggiate, numi eterni" (HWV 119), 1710, No. 10.
  • "Come in ciel" reused in "Silla" (HWV 10), 1713, Act I, Scene 2.
  • "Deh lascia addolcire" borrowed from "La Resurrezione" (HWV 47), 1708, No. 5.
  • "Mie piante correte" reused in "Rinaldo" (HWV 7a), 1711, No. 17.
  • "Cara pianta" reused in "Alcina" (HWV 34), 1735, No. 39.
  • HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 123: Languia di bocca lusinghiera

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Possibly composed in Hanover, 1710
• Notes: ?fragment
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 124: Look down, harmonious saint

• Genre: English cantata (T)
• Libretto: Text by Newburgh Hamilton, from Cecilian Ode 1720.
• Composed: circa 1736
• First performance: February 1736: London, Covent Garden Theatre
• Notes:
  • Recitative and aria: probably a discarded fragment for "Alexander's Feast" (HWV 75), 1736.
  • It appeared in the cantata "Cecilia, volgi un sguardo" (HWV 89)
• HG edition: 52a (with shortened aria in 23)

HWV 125a: Lungi da me, pensier tiranno

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Italy, 1707-9
• Notes: No autographs or Italian-period copies. One version copied for Ruspoli, 1708.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 125b: Lungi da me, pensier tiranno

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: London, after 1710
• Notes:
  • No autographs or Italian-period copies.
  • One version copied for Ruspoli,1708.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 126a: Lungi da voi, che siete poli

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, July/August 1708
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 126b: Lungi da voi, che siete poli

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, 1708
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 126c: Lungi da voi, che siete poli

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: Probably London, after 1710.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 127a: Lungi dal mio bel nume

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Completed score: Rome, 3 March 1708
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 127b: Lungi dal mio bel nume

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: ?London, after 1710
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 127c: Lungi dal mio bel nume

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: London, circa 1725-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 128: Lungi n'andò Fileno

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, August 1708
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1708.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 129: Manca pur quanto sai

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, July/August 1708
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1708.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 130: Mentre il tutto è in furore

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, August 1708
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1708.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 131: Menzognere speranze

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, September 1707
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 132a: Mi palpita il cor

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: ?London, after 1710
• Borrowings: Version of "Dimmi, o mio cor" (HWV 106) with new opening.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 132b: Mi palpita il cor

• Genre: Italian cantata (S, oboe)
• Composed: ?London, after 1718
• HHA edition: V/3

HWV 132c: Mi palpita il cor

• Genre: Italian cantata (A, flauto traverso)
• Composed: ?London, after 1710
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/3

HWV 132d: Mi palpita il cor

• Genre: Italian cantata (A, oboe, flauto traverso)
• Composed: ?London, circa 1711-12
• HHA edition: V/3

HWV 133: Ne' tuoi lumi, o bella Clori

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, September 1707
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 134: Pensieri notturni di Filli or Nel dolce dell'oblio

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, 1707-8
• Completed score: 1709
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 135a: Nel dolce tempo

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Probably Naples, June/July 1708
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 135b: Nel dolce tempo

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: London, after 1710
• Notes: No autographs, and no early Italian-period copies.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 136a: Nell' Africane selve

• Genre: Italian cantata (B)
• Composed: Naples, June/July 1708
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 136b: Nell' Africane selve

• Genre: Italian cantata (B)
• Composed: London, after 1710
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 137: Nella stagion che di viole e rose

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, April/May 1707
• Notes:
  • Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709.
  • Probably composed for the soprano, Margherita Durastanti.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 138: Nice, che fa? che pensa?

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: ?Hanover, 1710
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 139a: Ninfe e pastori

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, 1707-9
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1709.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 139b: Ninfe e pastori

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: Probably London, after 1710.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 139c: Ninfe e pastori

• Genre: Dramatic cantata (S)
• Composed: London, circa 1725-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 140: Nò se emenderá jamás

• Genre: Spanish cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, September 1707
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 141: Non sospirar, non piangere

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Florence, Fall 1707
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 142: Notte placida e cheta

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Libretto: anonymous
• Composed: Rome, 1707-8
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 143: Olinto pastore, Tebro fiume, Gloria or O come chiare e belle

• Genre: Dramatic cantata (S, S, A)
• Composed: Rome, August/September 1708
• First performance: 9 September, 1708 -- for the soprano Anna Marie di Piedz and first performed at the Marquis Ruspoli's Palazzo Bonelli.
• Notes: ?Copied for Ruspoli, 1708
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 144: O luceniti, o sereni occhi

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, 1707-9
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 145: La Lucrezia or Oh numi eterni

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Libretto: Text by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili.
• Composed: August, 1708
• Notes:
  • Copied for Ruspoli, 1709.
  • Probably composed for the soprano, Margherita Durastanti.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 146: Occhi miei che faceste?

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, 1707-8
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1709
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 147: Partì, l'idolo mio

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: London, after 1710
• Notes: No autograph or eary Italian copies.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 148: Poichè giuraro amore

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, early 1707
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 149: Qual sento io non conosciuto

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Notes: Only source circa 1738-40
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 150: Ero e Leandro or Qual ti riveggio, oh Dio

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Libretto:
  • ?Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni.
  • Derived from the story of Hero and Leander.
• Composed: Rome, 1707
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 151: Qualor crudele, sì ma vaga Dori

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: London, after 1710
• Notes: No autograph or early Italian-period copies.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 152: Qualor l'egre pupille

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, September 1707
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 153: Quando sperasti, o core

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Probably Naples, June/July 1708
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1708.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 154: Quel fior che all'alba ride

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: London, circa 1738-40
• Notes: Published in Handel (ed. Burrows), "Songs and Cantatas for Soprano."
• HG edition: Not included in HG
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 155: Sans y penser

• Genre: French cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, September 1707
• Notes:
  • Composed in Italy.
  • Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709.
• HG edition: Not included in HG.
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 156: Sarai contenta un di

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Florence, 1706-7
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 157: Sarei troppo felice

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Libretto: Text by B. Pamphili.
• Composed: Rome, September 1707
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1708.
• HG edition: 51 (incomplete)
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 158a: Se pari è la tua fè

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, 1708
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1708, 1709.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 158b: Se pari è la tua fè

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Probably London, after 1710.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 158c: Se pari è la tua fè

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: London, circa 1725-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 159: Se per fatal destino

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, early 1707
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 160a: La bianca rosa or Sei pur bella, pur vezzosa

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, early 1707
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 160b: La bianca rosa or Sei pur bella, pur vezzosa

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: London, circa 1725-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 160c: La bianca rosa or Sei pur bella, pur vezzosa

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: London, circa 1738-41
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 161a: Sento là che ristretto

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, 1708-9
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 161b: Sento là che ristretto

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 161c: Sento là che ristretto

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: London, circa 1725-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 162: Siete rose ruggiadose

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: (with variant), London, circa 1711-12.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 163: Solitudini care, amata libertà

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: London, after 1710
• Notes: No autographs or early Italian-period copies.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 164a: Il Gelsomino or Son Gelsomino

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: London, circa 1725-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 164b: Il Gelsomino or Son Gelsomino

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: London, circa 1717-18
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 165: Spande ancor a mio dispetto

• Genre: Italian cantata (B)
• Composed: Italy, 1707-8
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 166: Splenda l'alba in oriente

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: London, circa 1711-12
• Borrowings: First aria reused in "Apollo e Dafne" (HWV 122).
• Notes: Survives only in fragmentary form.
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 167a: Stanco di più soffrire

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: Italy, 1707-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 167b: Stanco di più soffrire

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, July/August 1708
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 168: Partenza di G. B. or Stelle, perfide stelle

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, 1707
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 169: Torna il core al suo diletto

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Probably Rome, 1707-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 170: Il consiglio or Tra le fiamme

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Libretto: Text by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili
• Composed: Rome, 1707-8 (possibly spring 1708 for the eminent German gambist Ernst Christian Hesse)
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 171: Tu fedel? Tu costante?

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Florence/Rome, 1706-7
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1708
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 172: Udite il mio consiglio

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Florence, 1706-7
• Revision: Rome, April/May 1707
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 173: Un' alma innamorata

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Rome, May 1707
• First performance: Probably Vignanello, June 1707
• Notes: Copied for Ruspoli, 1707
• HG edition: 52a, 52b
• HHA edition: V/3, 4

HWV 174: Un sospir a chi si muore

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Florence, Fall 1707
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 175: Vedendo Amor

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: Rome, 1707-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 176: Amore uccellatore or Venne voglia ad Amore

• Genre: Italian cantata (A)
• Composed: Rome, 1707-8
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 177: Zeffiretto, arresta il volo

• Genre: Italian cantata (S)
• Composed: Italy, 1707-9
• Notes: ?Copied for Ruspoli, 1709.
• HG edition: 51
• HHA edition: V/1,2

HWV 178: A mirarvi io son intento

• Genre: Italian duet (SA)
• Composed: ?Hanover, circa 1711
• Borrowings:
  • First movement reappeared 2 years later in the "Utrecht" Jubilate (HWV 279) as "Be ye sure that Lord he is God."
  • Slow middle section formed the basis for the final chorus of "Alcina" (HWV 34) in 1735.
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 179: Ahi, nelle sorti umane

• Genre: Italian duet (SS)
• Completed score: London, 31 August 1745
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 180: Amor, gioje mi porge

• Genre: Italian duet (SS)
• Composed: Italy, circa 1707-9
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 181: Beato in ver chi pùo

• Genre: Italian duet (SA)
• Completed score: London, 31 October, 1742
• Notes: Italian version of Horace, "Beatus ille"
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 182a: Caro autor di mia doglia

• Genre: Italian duet (ST)
• Composed: Probably Italy, circa 1707-9
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 182b: Caro autor di mia doglia

• Genre: Italian duet (AA)
• Composed: London, circa 1742
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 183: Caro autor di mia doglia -- Spurious

• Genre: Italian duet (SS)
• Composed: Hanover, circa 1710-12
• Notes: Spurious, by Reinhard Keiser.
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 184: Che via pensando, folle pensier

• Genre: Italian duet (SB)
• Composed: Italy, circa 1707-9
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 185: Conservate, raddoppiate

• Genre: Italian duet (SA)
• Composed: ?Hanover, circa 1711
• Borrowings: The 2nd movement, "Nodi voi" can be found later in the Opus 1 sonatas and also in the concerti grossi as well as various operas and oratorios.
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 186: Fronda leggiera e mobile

• Genre: Italian duet (SA)
• Completed score: London, circa 1745
• Borrowings: The opening theme also appears in "Belshazzar" (HWV 61) as well as the Concerto a due cori No. 1 (HWV 332)
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 187: Giù nei Tartarei regni

• Genre: Italian duet (SB)
• Composed: Italy, circa 1707
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 188: Langue, geme, e sospira

• Genre: Italian duet (SA)
• Libretto: Text by G.D. de Totis (from opera, "La caduta del regno dell' Amazzoni"; 1690)
• Composed: London, circa 1722
• Borrowings: Theme of the 2nd movement later appeared as "Thou hast prevented him" in the Coronation Anthem, "The King shall rejoice" (HWV 260)
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 189: Nò, di voi non vo' fidarmi

• Genre: Italian duet (SS)
• Completed score: London, 3 July 1741
• Borrowings: Thematic ideas from 2 movements used in "Messiah" (HWV 56)
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 190: Nò, di voi non vo' fidarmi

• Genre: Italian duet (SA)
• Completed score: London, 2 November 1742
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 191: Quando in calma ride il mare

• Genre: Italian duet (SB)
• Composed: Italy or Hanover, circa 1707-11
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 192: Quel fior che all'alba ride

• Genre: Italian duet (SS)
• Completed score: London, 1 July 1741
• Borrowings:
  • 3rd movement uses theme from, "Quel fior che all'alba ride," (HWV 154).
  • Thematic ideas from 2 movements used in "Messiah" (HWV 56)
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 193: Se tu non lasci amore

• Genre: Italian duet (SA)
• Composed: London, circa 1722 (?1711)
• Borrowings:
  • Thematic idea from 1st movement used in "Messiah" (HWV 56) as the duet, "Oh death, where is thy sting."
  • Sections of the concluding movement use in Esther (HWV 50a), 1718, and there's the hint of the famous Air from the "Water Music."
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 194: Sono liete, fortunate

• Genre: Italian duet (SA)
• Composed: ?Hanover, circa 1710-11
• Borrowings: The final movement was later used in the overture to "Judas Maccabeus" (HWV 63).
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 195: Spero indarno

• Genre: Italian duet (SB)
• Composed: London, circa 1730-40
• Notes:
  • Single movement, known only from copies.
  • Authenticity uncertain.
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 196: Tacete, ohimè, tacete

• Genre: Italian duet (SB)
• Libretto: Text by Francesco de Lemene (1692) which appears under the title "Amor dorme" in his "Poesie Diverse."
• Composed: Italy, circa 1707-9
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 197: Tanti strali al sen mi scocchi

• Genre: Italian duet (SA)
• Composed: ?Hanover, circa 1711
• Borrowings: Fugal movement later used in "Solomon" (HWV 67) for "Take him all."
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 198: Troppo cruda, troppo fiera

• Genre: Italian duet (SA)
• Composed: ?Hanover, circa 1711
• Notes: Autograph lost.
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 199: Va', speme infida

• Genre: Italian duet (SS)
• Composed: ?Hanover, circa 1711
• Notes: Autograph lost.
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

HWV 200: Quel fior che all'alba ride

• Genre: Italian trio (SSB)
• Composed: ?Italy, circa 1707-9
• Notes: Two versions, slightly different texts.
• HG edition: 32 (revised 2/1880)
• HHA edition: V/5,6

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