Cantatas
| HWV | Title | Composed | Premiere | Venue | Notes | Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Ah che pur troppo è vero | 1707-00-00Florence, ca. 1707 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 78 | Ah! crudel, nel pianto mio | 1708-08-00Rome, August 1708 | 1708-09-022 September 1708 | Palazzo Bonelli, Rome | ||
| 79 | Diana cacciatrice or Alla caccia | 1707-05-00Rome, May 1707 | 1707-06-00May – June 1707 | Vignanello | Copied for Francesco Ruspoli, 1707 | |
| 80 | Allor ch'io dissi addio | 1708-00-00Rome, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 81 | Alpestre monte | 1707-00-00Florence, circa 1707 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 82 | Amarilli vezzosa or Daliso ed Amarilli or Il duello amoroso | 1708-08-00Rome, August 1708 | 1708-10-28Probably 28 October 1708 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1708 | ||
| 83 | Aminta e Fillide or Arresta il passo | 1708-00-00Early 1708 | 1708-07-1414 July 1708 | Rome | Copied for Ruspoli, 1708. The section, "Chi ben ama" printed separately in HG 52b | |
| 84 | Aure soavi e lieti | 1707-05-00Rome, May 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707 | ||
| 85 | Venus and Adonis or Behold where weeping Venus stands | 1711-00-00London, circa 1711 | 0000-00-00 | No autograph, authenticity uncertain | ||
| 86 | Bella ma ritrosetta | 1718-00-00London, circa 1717–18 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 87 | Carco sempre di gloria | 1737-00-00London, 1737 | 1737-03-1616 March 1737 | London | Variant insertion in "Cecilia, volgi un sguardo" (89), for performances of Alexander's Feast (HWV 75), 1737, including music for the castrato Domenico Annibali | |
| 88 | Care selve, aure grate | 1708-00-00Rome, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 89 | Cecilia, volgi un sguardo | 1736-01-00London, January 1736 | 1736-02-2519 or 25 (?) February 1736 | Covent Garden Theatre, London | Played between the two parts of Alexander's Feast (HWV 75). | |
| 90 | Chi rapì la pace al core | 1707-00-00Florence, circa 1706–07 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1709 | ||
| 91a | Clori, degli occhi miei | 1707-13-00Florence, late 1707 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 91b | Clori, degli occhi miei | 1710-00-00London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 92 | Clori, mia bella Clori | 1708-00-00Rome, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 93 | Clori, ove sei? | 1708-00-00Italy, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 94 | Clori, si, ch'io t'adoro | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | No autograph, earliest source circa 1738–40 | ||
| 95 | Clori, vezzosa Clori | 1708-08-00Rome, July/August 1708 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1708 | ||
| 96 | Clori, Tirsi e Fileno or Cor fedele in vano speri | 1707-09-00Rome, July/September 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 14 October 1707. | ||
| 97 | Crudel tiranno Amor | 1721-06-00London, June 1721 | 1721-07-05Probably 5 July 1721 | King's Theatre, Haymarket, London | Performed at the benefit concert for Margherita Durastanti. | |
| 98 | Cuopre tal volta il cielo | 1708-00-00Italy, 1708 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 99 | Il delirio amoroso or Da quel giorno fatale | 1707-01-14Rome, on or before 14 January 1707. | 1707-05-00May 1707 | Cardinal Pamphili's palazzo | ||
| 100 | Da sete ardente afflitto | 1709-00-00Italy, 1708–09 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1709. (HWV 101a & 101b: Dal fatale momento. Spurious, by F. Mancini). | ||
| 102a | Dalla guerra amorosa | 1709-00-00Italy, 1708–09 | 0000-00-00 | Version for bass. Copied for Ruspoli, 1709 | ||
| 102b | Dalla guerra amorosa | 1709-00-00Italy, 1708–09 | 0000-00-00 | Version for soprano. Copied for Ruspoli, 1709 | ||
| 103 | Deh! lasciate e vita e volo | 1725-00-00London, circa 1722–25 | 0000-00-00 | Libretto text by Paolo Antonio Rolli | ||
| 104 | Del bell'idolo mio | 1709-00-00Rome, 1707–09 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli in 1709, but possibly written as early as 1707. | ||
| 105 | Armida abbandonata or Dietro l'orme fuggaci | 1707-06-00Rome, June 1707 | 1707-26-26Possibly 26 June 1707 | Palazzo Bonelli, Rome | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709. | |
| 106 | Dimmi, o mio cor | 1709-00-00Italy, 1707–09 | 0000-00-00 | See note for HWV 132 | ||
| 107 | Ditemi, o piante | 1708-08-00Rome, July/August 1708 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1708 | ||
| 108 | Dolce mio ben, s'io taccio | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | No autograph. No source attributed to Handel. | ||
| 109a | Dolc' è pur d'amor l'affanno | 1718-00-00London, circa 1717–18 | 0000-00-00 | Libretto ?Text by Paolo Antonio Rolli | ||
| 109b | Dolc' è pur d'amor l'affanno | 1718-00-00London, ?after 1718 | 0000-00-00 | Libretto: ?Text by Paolo Antonio Rolli | ||
| 110 | Agrippina condotta a morire or Dunque sarà pur vero | 1708-00-00Italy, 1707–08 | 1708-00-00Early in 1708 | First performed by the castrato soprano, Pasqualino Tiepoli | Libretto: Anonymous | |
| 111a | E partirai, mia vita? | 1709-00-00Italy, 1707–09 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 111b | E partirai, mia vita? | 1728-00-00London, circa 1725–28 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 112 | Figli del mesto cor | 1709-00-00Probably Italy, 1707–09 | 0000-00-00 | No autograph or Italian-period copies | ||
| 113 | Figlio d'alte speranze | 1707-00-00Florence, 1706–07 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 114 | Filli adorata e cara | 1708-00-00Rome, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1709 | ||
| 115 | Fra pensieri quel pensiero | 1708-00-00Italy, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 116 | Fra tante pene | 1707-00-00Florence, 1706–07 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1709 | ||
| 117 | Hendel, non può mia musa | 1708-08-00July/August 1708 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1708, 1709 | Libretto by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili | |
| 118 | Ho fuggito Amore anch'io | 1723-00-00London, circa 1722–23 | 0000-00-00 | Printed without final aria in HG. | Libretto by Paolo Antonio Rolli | |
| 119 | Echeggiate, festeggiate, numi eterni or Io languisco fra le gioie | 1712-00-00London, circa 1710–12 | 0000-00-00 | Partly lost. Fragments printed in wrong order in HG. | ||
| 120a | Irene, idolo mio | 1709-00-00Italy, 1707–09 | 0000-00-00 | No autographs or Italian-period copies. | ||
| 120b | Irene, idolo mio | 1710-00-00England, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | No autographs or Italian-period copies. | ||
| 121a | La Solitudine or L'aure grate, il fresco rio | 1723-00-00London, circa 1722–23 | 0000-00-00 | fragment | ||
| 121b | La Solitudine or L'aure grate, il fresco rio | 1718-00-00London, before 1718 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 122 | Apollo e Dafne or La terra è liberata | 1710-00-00Hanover, 1710 | 0000-00-00 | Probably begun Venice, 1709 | ||
| 123 | Languia di bocca lusinghiera | 1710-00-00Possibly composed in Hanover, 1710 | 0000-00-00 | ?fragment | ||
| 124 | Look down, harmonious saint | 1736-00-00circa 1736 | 1736-00-00February 1736 | Covent Garden Theatre, London | Recitative and aria; probably a discarded fragment for "Alexander's Feast" (HWV 75), 1736. It appeared in the cantata HWV 89 | Libretto by Newburgh Hamilton, from Cecilian Ode 1720. |
| 125a | Lungi da me, pensier tiranno | 1708-07-00Italy, July – September 1708 | 0000-00-00 | 1st version; no autographs or Italian-period copies; one version copied for Francesco Ruspoli, 1708. | ||
| 125b | Lungi da me, pensier tiranno | 1710-00-00London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | Second version; no autographs. | ||
| 126a | Lungi da voi, che siete poli | 1708-08-00Rome, July/August 1708 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 126b | Lungi da voi, che siete poli | 1708-00-00Rome, 1708 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 126c | Lungi da voi, che siete poli | 1710-00-00Probably London, after 1710. | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 127a | Lungi dal mio bel nume | 1708-03-03Rome, 3 March 1708 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 127b | Lungi dal mio bel nume | 1710-00-00?London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 127c | Lungi dal mio bel nume | 1728-00-00London, circa 1725–28 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 128 | Lungi n'andò Fileno | 1708-08-00Rome, August 1708 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1708 | ||
| 129 | Manca pur quanto sai | 1708-08-00Rome, July/August 1708 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1708 | ||
| 130 | Mentre il tutto è in furore | 1708-08-00Rome, August 1708 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1708 | ||
| 131 | Menzognere speranze | 1707-09-00Rome, September 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707 | ||
| 132a | Mi palpita il cor | 1710-00-00?London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | Borrowings: Version of "Dimmi, o mio cor" (HWV 106) with new opening. | ||
| 132b | Mi palpita il cor | 1718-00-00?London, after 1718 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 132c | Mi palpita il cor | 1710-00-00?London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 132d | Mi palpita il cor | 1712-00-00?London, circa 1711–12 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 133 | Ne' tuoi lumi, o bella Clori | 1707-09-00Rome, September 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709 | ||
| 134 | Pensieri notturni di Filli or Nel dolce dell'oblio | 1709-00-00Rome, 1707–08. Completed 1709 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 135a | Nel dolce tempo | 1708-07-00Probably Naples, June/July 1708 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 135b | Nel dolce tempo | 1710-00-00London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | No autographs, and no early Italian-period copies. | ||
| 136a | Nell' Africane selve | 1708-07-00Naples, June/July 1708 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 136b | Nell' Africane selve | 1710-00-00London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 137 | Nella stagion che di viole e rose | 1707-05-00Rome, April/May 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709. Probably composed for the soprano, Margherita Durastanti. | ||
| 138 | Nice, che fa? che pensa? | 1710-00-00?Hanover, 1710 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 139a | Ninfe e pastori | 1709-00-00Rome, 1707–09 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1709 | ||
| 139b | Ninfe e pastori | 1710-00-00Probably London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 139c | Ninfe e pastori | 1728-00-00London, circa 1725–28 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 140 | Nò se emenderá jamás | 1707-09-00Rome, September 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707 | ||
| 141 | Non sospirar, non piangere | 1707-00-00Florence, Fall 1707 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 142 | Notte placida e cheta | 1708-00-00Rome, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | Libretto anonymous | ||
| 143 | Olinto pastore, Tebro fiume, Gloria or O come chiare e belle | 1708-09-00Rome, August/September 1708 | 1708-09-099 September 1708 | Marquis Ruspoli's Palazzo Bonelli | ?Copied for Ruspoli, 1708. First performed by the soprano Anna Marie di Piedz | |
| 144 | O lucenti, o sereni occhi | 1707-00-00Rome, 1707 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 145 | La Lucrezia or Oh numi eterni | 1708-08-00August 1708 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1709. Probably composed for the soprano, Margherita Durastanti. | Libretto by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili | |
| 146 | Occhi miei che faceste? | 1708-00-00Rome, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1709 | ||
| 147 | Partì, l'idolo mio | 1710-00-00London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | No autograph or eary Italian copies. | ||
| 148 | Poichè giuraro amore | 1707-00-00Rome, early 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709 | ||
| 149 | Qual sento io non conosciuto | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | Only source circa 1738–40 | ||
| 150 | Ero e Leandro or Qual ti riveggio, oh Dio | 1707-00-00Rome, 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Derived from the story of Hero and Leander | Libretto ?Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni. | |
| 151 | Qualor crudele, sì ma vaga Dori | 1710-00-00London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | No autograph or early Italian-period copies | ||
| 152 | Qualor l'egre pupille | 1707-00-00Rome, September 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707 | ||
| 153 | Quando sperasti, o core | 1708-07-00Probably Naples, June/July 1708 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1708 | ||
| 154 | Quel fior che all'alba ride | 1740-00-00London, circa 1738–40 | 0000-00-00 | Published in Handel (ed. Burrows), "Songs and Cantatas for Soprano." | ||
| 155 | Sans y penser | 1707-09-00Rome, September 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Composed in Italy. Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709. | ||
| 156 | Sarai contenta un di | 1707-00-00Florence, 1706–07 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 157 | Sarei troppo felice | 1707-09-00Rome, September 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1708 (incomplete) | Libretto by B. Pamphili. | |
| 158a | Se pari è la tua fè | 1708-00-00Rome, 1708 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1708, 1709. | ||
| 158b | Se pari è la tua fè | 1710-00-00Probably London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 158c | Se pari è la tua fè | 1728-00-00London, circa 1725–28 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 159 | Se per fatal destino | 1707-00-00Rome, early 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709 | ||
| 160a | La bianca rosa or Sei pur bella, pur vezzosa | 1707-00-00Rome, early 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1709 | ||
| 160b | La bianca rosa or Sei pur bella, pur vezzosa | 1728-00-00London, circa 1725–28 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 160c | La bianca rosa or Sei pur bella, pur vezzosa | 1741-00-00London, circa 1738–41 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 161a | Sento là che ristretto | 1709-00-00Rome, 1708–09 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 161b | Sento là che ristretto | 0000-00-00 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 161c | Sento là che ristretto | 1728-00-00London, circa 1725–28 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 162 | Siete rose ruggiadose | 1712-00-00London, circa 1711–12. | 0000-00-00 | Composed with variant | ||
| 163 | Solitudini care, amata libertà | 1710-00-00London, after 1710 | 0000-00-00 | No autographs or early Italian-period copies | ||
| 164a | Il Gelsomino or Son Gelsomino | 1728-00-00London, circa 1725–28 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 164b | Il Gelsomino or Son Gelsomino | 1718-00-00London, circa 1717–18 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 165 | Spande ancor a mio dispetto | 1708-00-00Italy, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 166 | Splenda l'alba in oriente | 1712-00-00London, circa 1711–12 | 0000-00-00 | Survives only in fragmentary form. | ||
| 167a | Stanco di più soffrire | 1708-00-00Italy, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 167b | Stanco di più soffrire | 1708-08-00Rome, July/August 1708 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 168 | Partenza di G. B. or Stelle, perfide stelle | 1707-00-00Rome, 1707 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 169 | Torna il core al suo diletto | 1708-00-00Probably Rome, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 170 | Tra le fiamme (Il consiglio) | 1707-00-00Rome, 1707 | 0000-00-00 | Libretto by Cardinal Benedetto Pamphili | ||
| 171 | Tu fedel? Tu costante? | 1707-00-00Florence/Rome, 1706–07 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707, 1708 | ||
| 172 | Udite il mio consiglio | 1707-00-00Florence, 1706–07 | 0000-00-00 | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707 | ||
| 173 | Un' alma innamorata | 1707-05-00Rome, May 1707 | 1707-06-00June 1707 | Probably Vignanello | Copied for Ruspoli, 1707 | |
| 174 | Un sospir a chi si muore | 1707-00-00Florence, Fall 1707 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 175 | Vedendo Amor | 1708-00-00Rome, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 176 | Amore uccellatore or Venne voglia ad Amore | 1708-00-00Rome, 1707–08 | 0000-00-00 | |||
| 177 | Zeffiretto, arresta il volo | 1709-00-00Italy, 1707–09 | 0000-00-00 | ?Copied for Ruspoli, 1709 |
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