Overtures (Handel, George Frideric)

Title Overtures
Alternative title Opera and Oratorio Overtures
Creators George Frideric Handel, composer
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Instrumentation orchestra
strings and continuo
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Composition types Overtures
Period Baroque
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Arrangements

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View 65 Overtures harpsichord
organ
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View 64 Overtures 2 violins, viola and continuo —
View 41 Overtures piano
flute and piano
violin and piano
Joseph Mazzinghi
View 6 Overtures, 5th Collection harpsichord —
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Scores

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View 34 Overtures — John Walsh — Complete Score
View 24 Overtures — John Walsh — Complete Parts
View 6 Overtures, 5th Collection — John Walsh — Complete Parts
View 6 Overtures, 6th Collection — John Walsh — Complete Parts
View 6 Overtures, 7th Collection — John Walsh — Parts [incomplete]
Parts [incomplete]
View 6 Overtures, 8th Collection — John Walsh — Complete Parts
View 6 Overtures, 9th Collection — John Walsh — Complete Parts
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View 6 Overtures, 10th Collection — John Walsh — Complete Parts
View 65 Overtures Arrangement for harpsichord
organ
John Walsh — Complete Score
View 64 Overtures Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and continuo John Walsh — Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Continuo
View 41 Overtures Arrangement for piano
flute and piano
violin and piano
by Joseph Mazzinghi
Goulding & Co. — 1. Overture in Solomon
2. Overture to the Ode on Cecilia's Day
3. Overture in Athalia
4. Overture in Xerxes
5. Overture in Rodelinda
6. Overture in Ezio
7. Overture in Giulio Cesare
8. Overture in Tamerlano
9. Overture in Acis & Galatea
10. Overture in Rinaldo
11. Overture in Alcina
12. Overture in Berenice
13. Overture in Alexander's Feast
14. Overture in Esther
15. Overture in Sosarme
16. Overture in Ottone
17. Overture in Atalanta
18. Overture in Arianna in Creta
19. Overture, Anthem 10
20. Occasional Overture
21. Overture, Anthem 1
22. Overture, Anthem 7
23. Overture in Samson
24. Overture, Anthem 5
25. Overture, Anthem 12
26. Overture in Giustino
27. Overture, Anthem 9
28. Overture in Saul
29. Overture, Anthem 6
30. Overture in Alexander Balus
31. Overture in Messiah
32. Overture, Anthem 4
33. Overture, Anthem 8
34. Overture, Jubilate
35. Overture, Coronation Anthem
36. Overture in Theodora
37. Overture No.2 in Semele
38. Overture in Water Music
39. Overture in Semele
40. Overture in Fireworks Music
41. Overture in Amadis
View 6 Overtures, 5th Collection Arrangement for harpsichord John Walsh — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for harpsichord
organ; selections
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2007 11. Overture in Tamerlane
13. Overture in Julius Cæsar
24. The Overture of Rinaldo
26. Overture in Orlando
34. Overture in Alcina
38. Overture in Alexander's Feast
42. Overture in Athalia
43. Overture in Messiah
44. Overture in Samson
60. 2nd Overture in Solomon, Sinfonia "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
View Complete Arrangement for organ; selections — — I. Ouverture in Parthenope
II. Ouverture in Lotharius
III. Ouverture in Ptolomy
IV. Ouverture in Siroe
V. Ouverture in Richard the 1st
VI. Ouverture in Admetus

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