The Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated as HWV) is the Catalogue of Handel's Works. It was published in three volumes (in German) by Bernd Baselt between 1978 and 1986, and lists every piece of music known to have been written by George Frideric Handel. 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 Händel-Gesellschaft and Hallische Händel-Ausgabe).
NumberingEdit
The HWV thematic catalogue serves as the modern numbering system for Handel's compositions. For example, Handel's Messiah is numbered as HWV 56.[1] 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 composition within each category. The following table lists the categories and the HWV number ranges.
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 exact number of Handel's compositions.
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händel, werke, verzeichnis, redirects, here, other, uses, disambiguation, abbreviated, catalogue, handel, works, published, three, volumes, german, bernd, baselt, between, 1978, 1986, lists, every, piece, music, known, have, been, written, george, frideric, ha. HWV redirects here For other uses see HWV disambiguation The Handel Werke Verzeichnis abbreviated as HWV is the Catalogue of Handel s Works It was published in three volumes in German by Bernd Baselt between 1978 and 1986 and lists every piece of music known to have been written by George Frideric Handel 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 Handel Gesellschaft and Hallische Handel Ausgabe Numbering EditThe HWV thematic catalogue serves as the modern numbering system for Handel s compositions For example Handel s Messiah is numbered as HWV 56 1 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 composition within each category The following table lists the categories and the HWV number ranges Volume HWV numbers CategoryVol 01 1 42 OperasVol 02 43 45 218 Incidental musicVol 03 46 48 50 71 OratoriosVol 04 49 72 76 Odes and masquesVol 05 77 177 CantatasVol 06 178 199 Italian duetsVol 07 200 201 Italian triosVol 08 202 210 284 286 HymnsVol 09 211 217 219 225 227 Italian ariasVol 10 226 228 English songsVol 11 229 German church cantatasVol 12 230 233 234 Italian sacred cantatasVol 13 231 232 235 245 269 274 276 277 Latin church musicVol 14 246 268 AnthemsVol 15 278 283 CanticlesVol 16 287 311 343 ConcertosVol 17 312 335 Concerti grossiVol 18 336 342 344 345 347 356 413 Orchestral worksVol 19 357 379 406 409 412 419 421 Solo sonatasVol 20 380 405 Trio sonatasVol 21 346 410 411 414 418 422 424 Wind ensemble worksVol 22 305b 425 612 Keyboard worksVol 23 A1 A3 A4 A6 A9 A10 A12 Arrangements by other composersVol 24 Deest Works not in the HWV catalogueThere are gaps and anomalies in the HWV numbering system so the above table is only useful as a guide see the List of compositions by George Frideric Handel for more details 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 exact number of Handel s compositions References Edit Hicks Anthony 2001 Handel George Frideric In Sadie Stanley Tyrrell John eds The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians Vol x 2nd ed London Macmillan p 785 External links EditHWV by Robert Poliquin Work catalogue HWV by Brad Leissa Verzeichnis der Werke Georg Friedrich Handels HWV entry at www openlibrary org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Handel Werke Verzeichnis amp oldid 1146538520, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
