Question

What developments did George Frideric Handel create and in which era, what were other composers doing at the time? (be specific as possible).

Answer 1

OPERAS

1	Almira	8 January 1705
2	Nero	25 February 1705
3	Florindo	1708
4	Daphne	1708
5	Rodrigo	1707
6	Agrippina	Late 1709 / Early 1710
7	Rinaldo	24 February 1711
8	Il pastor fido	22 November 1712
9	Teseo	10 January 1713
10	Silla	June 1713?
11	Amadigi di Gaula	25 May 1715
12	Radamisto	27 April 1720
13	Muzio Scevola	15 April 1721
14	Floridante	9 December 1721
15	Ottone	12 January 1723
16	Flavio	14 May 1723
17	Giulio Cesare	20 February 1724
18	Tamerlano	31 October 1724
19	Rodelinda	13 February 1725
20	Scipione	12 March 1726
21	Alessandro	5 May 1726
22	Admeto	31 January 1727
23	Riccardo Primo	11 November 1727
24	Genserico(or Olibrio)	1728
25	Siroe	17 February 1728
26	Tolomeo	30 April 1728
27	Lotario	2 December 1729
28	Partenope	24 February 1730
29	Poro	2 February 1731
30	Titus l'Empereur	1731
31	Ezio	15 January 1732
32	Sosarme	15 February 1732
33	Orlando	27 January 1733
34	Arianna in Creta	26 January 1734
35	Oreste	18 December 1734
36	Ariodante	8 January 1735
37	Alcina	16 April 1735
38	Atalanta	12 May 1736
39	Arminio	12 January 1737
40	Giustino	16 February 1737
41	Berenice	18 May 1737
42	Faramondo	3 January 1738
43	Alessandro Severo	25 February 1738
4	Serse(Xerxes)	15 April 1738
42	Giove in Argo	1 May 1739
43	Imeneo	22 November 1740
44	Deidamia	10 January 1741

INCIDENTAL MUSIC

1	The Alchemist	14 January 1710
2	Comus	June 1745
3	Alceste	Not performed
4	Love's but the frailty of the mind	17 March 1740

ORATORIOS

1	Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno	June 1707
2	Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità	23 March 1737
3	La resurrezione	8 April 1708
4	Brockes Passion	23 March or 3 April 1719
5	Esther	?1718
6	Esther	1 May 1732
7	Deborah	21 February 1733
8	Athalia	10 July 1733
9	Saul	16 January 1739
10	Israel in Egypt	4 April 1739
11	L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato	27 February 1740
12	Messiah	13 April 1742
13	Samson	18 February 1743
14	Semele	10 February 1744
15	Joseph and his Brethren	2 March 1744
16	Hercules	5 January 1745
17	Belshazzar	27 March 1745
18	Occasional Oratorio	14 February 1746
19	Judas Maccabaeus	1 April 1747
20	Joshua	9 March 1748
21	Alexander Balus	23 March 1748
22	Susanna	10 February 1749
23	Solomon	17 March 1749
24	Theodora	16 March 1750
25	The Choice of Hercules	1 March 1751
26	Jephtha	26 February 1752
27	The Triumph of Time and Truth	11 March 1757

OTHER MUSICIANS IN THIS ERA

Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel

Works :

• Prelude and Fugue in C major (published in Nuremberg, 1725)
• Prelude, Fugue, and Fantasia in D major (Nuremberg, possibly 1725, published as Musicalisches Vergnügen)
• Toccata in G major
• Fantasia in B-flat major
• Fantasia super Meine Seele, lass es gehen
• Chorale partita O Lamm Gottes unschuldig

Domenico Scarlatti

Works :

• Sonata
• Cat Fugue
• Pastorale
• Stabat Mater

Johann Sebastian Bach

Works :

• Cantatas
• Motets
• Passions and oratorios
• Lute composition
• Orchestral Music
• Canons