Handel Reference Database
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Handel Reference Database (HRD) is the largest documentary collection on George Frideric Handel
(1685–1759) and his times. It was launched in January 2008 on the server of the Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities (CCARH) at Stanford University
. Originally assembled by Ilias Chrissochoidis to support his PhD dissertation "Early Reception of Handel's Oratorios, 1732-1784: Narrative-Studies-Documents" (Stanford University, 2004), it now includes 3,550 items and over 640,000 words. HRD is organized chronologically, covering the period from 1685 to 1784 and focusing on Handel's British career and reception. It includes transcriptions of printed and manuscript sources, some of which remain unpublished ("The Academy of Vocal Music", British Library, Add. Ms. 11732; "The John Marsh Diaries, 1802-28", Huntington Library, HM 54457, vols. 23–37) and external links to early secondary literature on the composer. In 2010-11, the project received financial support from Houghton Library, Harvard University.
HRD is listed in An International Handel Bibliography / Internationale Händel-Bibliographie: 1959-2009. Links to the database are available from the web portal
s of the American Musicological Society
(AMS), the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
(ASECS), the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
(BSECS), the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music (SECM), the Stiftung Händel-Haus in Halle
, and University College London
's Library Services.
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
(1685–1759) and his times. It was launched in January 2008 on the server of the Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities (CCARH) at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. Originally assembled by Ilias Chrissochoidis to support his PhD dissertation "Early Reception of Handel's Oratorios, 1732-1784: Narrative-Studies-Documents" (Stanford University, 2004), it now includes 3,550 items and over 640,000 words. HRD is organized chronologically, covering the period from 1685 to 1784 and focusing on Handel's British career and reception. It includes transcriptions of printed and manuscript sources, some of which remain unpublished ("The Academy of Vocal Music", British Library, Add. Ms. 11732; "The John Marsh Diaries, 1802-28", Huntington Library, HM 54457, vols. 23–37) and external links to early secondary literature on the composer. In 2010-11, the project received financial support from Houghton Library, Harvard University.
HRD is listed in An International Handel Bibliography / Internationale Händel-Bibliographie: 1959-2009. Links to the database are available from the web portal
Web portal
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s of the American Musicological Society
American Musicological Society
The American Musicological Society is a membership-based musicological organization founded in 1934 to advance scholarly research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship; it grew out of a small contingent of the Music Teachers National Association and, more directly,...
(AMS), the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
The American Society for 18th-century Studies is an interdisciplinary group, established in 1969, dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all aspects of the period from the later 17th through the early 19th centuries...
(ASECS), the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
The British Society for Eighteenth-century Studies is an interdisciplinary scholarly society based in the United Kingdom which promotes the study of all aspects of 18th-century cultural history...
(BSECS), the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music (SECM), the Stiftung Händel-Haus in Halle
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...
, and University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
's Library Services.