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Il trionfo del Tempo e del
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395:Alessandro
346:Floridante
150:28 January
126:References
116:Il trionfo
1451:Göttingen
1444:Festivals
1377:Germanico
1098:Canticles
743:Structure
658:Oratorios
542:Faramondo
500:Ariodante
437:Partenope
381:Rodelinda
374:Tamerlano
332:Radamisto
278:Agrippina
141:"Rinaldo"
83:, HWV 46b
50:, HWV 46a
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919:Cantatas
856:Theodora
800:Hercules
758:Part III
577:Deidamia
535:Berenice
528:Giustino
514:Atalanta
388:Scipione
250:Florindo
104:, while
95:, HWV 71
37:oratorio
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1193:XV solo
1038:Anthems
870:Jephtha
849:Solomon
842:Susanna
753:Part II
737:Messiah
709:Athalia
702:Deborah
648:Alceste
521:Arminio
472:Orlando
458:Sosarme
423:Tolomeo
285:Rinaldo
271:Rodrigo
111:Jephtha
73:Rinaldo
22:Händel
1461:London
1391:Gideon
1019:Gloria
828:Joshua
786:Semele
779:Samson
748:Part I
695:Esther
570:Imeneo
507:Alcina
493:Oreste
465:Catone
402:Admeto
360:Flavio
353:Ottone
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256:Daphne
238:Operas
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1384:Nabal
1369:Other
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641:Comus
556:Serse
416:Siroe
311:Silla
304:Teseo
1487:Will
1338:Opus
1274:367b
1269:367a
1254:364b
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