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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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688:Alessandro
639:Floridante
411:References
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1744:Göttingen
1737:Festivals
1670:Germanico
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1036:Structure
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835:Faramondo
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1093:Hercules
1051:Part III
870:Deidamia
828:Berenice
821:Giustino
807:Atalanta
681:Scipione
543:Florindo
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1486:XV solo
1331:Anthems
1163:Jephtha
1142:Solomon
1135:Susanna
1046:Part II
1030:Messiah
1002:Athalia
995:Deborah
941:Alceste
814:Arminio
765:Orlando
751:Sosarme
716:Tolomeo
578:Rinaldo
564:Rodrigo
262:Anthems
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1754:London
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1312:Gloria
1121:Joshua
1079:Semele
1072:Samson
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863:Imeneo
800:Alcina
786:Oreste
758:Catone
695:Admeto
653:Flavio
646:Ottone
557:Almira
549:Daphne
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388:Deest
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1677:Nabal
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