WEITZMANN, _Geschichte der Klaviermusik_, Vol. 1, 1899 (continued and completed by Seiffert and Fleischer). (For the Clavier Works of Handel.) ERNEST DAVID, _Handel_. 1884. CAMILLE BELLAIGUE, _Les Époques de la Musique_, Vol. I, 1909. For readers desirous of consulting the sources of the biographies of Handel, the most interesting works written by his contempories are: JOHANN MATTHESON, _Handel_ (in his _Ehrenpforte_, 1740). MAINWARING, _Memoirs of the Life of the late G. F. Handel_. London, 1760. (Translated into German with annotations by Mattheson, 1761; into French by Arnaud and Suard in 1778.) BURNEY, _Commemoration of Handel_. London, 1785. HAWKINS, _General History of Music_. London, 1788. W. COXE, _Anecdotes of G. F. Handel and Smith_. London, 1799. INDEX A Academy of Ancient Music, 54, 137 Academy of Italian Opera, 73 _Acis and Galatea_, 7, 46, 72, 85, 108, 120, 182 Addison, 16, 60 _Agrippina_, 46, 183 Airs adapted to French words, 191 n. Alberti, 6 _Alceste_, 104 _Alcina_, 91, 122, 127 _Alexander Balus_, 102 _Alexander's Feast_, 92, 108, 93 n., 160 n. _Almahade_, 62 _Almira_, 33, 34, 36, 124 Amadigi, 68 Amsterdam, 149 Ademollo, 40 Arbuthnot, Dr., 81 n. Architecture, Musical, 138 _Arianna_, 88, 95 _Arias Buffi_, 128 _Arietti Da Capo_, 125 _Ariodante_, 91, 122 _Arioso_, 133 Ariosti, 11 Aristoxenians, 24 _Arminio_, 91, 93 n. Arne, 96 n. _Arsinoé_, 62 _Astarto_, 78 _Atalanta_, 91, 93, 124, 131, 182 _Athaliah_, 85, 86 _Athalie_, 48 Augsburg, 53 Augustus of Saxony, Duke, 1, 3, 42 B Babell, Wm., 145, 149 n. _Bacchus und Ariadne_, 90 Bach, 3, 21, 29, 56, 70, 104, 113, 119, 121, 150, 152 Ballet-Operas, 122 Bankruptcy, 93, 100 Bartolommeo, 57 Bass soloists, 123 n. Bassoons, 160 Battle of Dettingen, 99 n. Beech Oil Company, 63 Beethoven, 10, 108, 142, 154, 176, 192 Beethovenians, 164 _Beggar's Opera_, 62, 81 _Belshazzar_, 99, 128, 135, 136, 184 _Berenice_, 91, 93 n. Berlin, 11, 108 Berlioz, 109, 121, 142, 154 Bernabei, 51, 56 Bernhard, 16 Bible, 2 Biblical dramas, 71, 85 Birds, 187 _Birthday Ode to Queen Anne_, 66, 138 Blindness, 105 Bolingbroke, 100 Bologna, 75 _Bonduca_, 59 Bononcini, 62, 74, 75, 79, 86 n., 122 Brandenburg, 3, 12 Breslau, 108 British Museum, 165 Brockes, 64 Burlington, Lord, 67, 74 Burney, 187 Buxtehude, 29, 30, 31 C Cadenzas, 128 _Camilla, Regina de Volsei_, 62 Canons, 149 _Cara sposa (Rinaldo)_, 125 Carey, 96 Caricature of Handel's art, 144 Carriage-accident to Handel, 104 Carillon in _Saul_, 115 _Castrati_, 80 Cavalli, 193 Chaconnes, 149 n. _Chandos Anthems_, 71, 85, 136 Characters, 135 _Choice of Hercules_, 104, 187 n. Choruses, 132, 140 Chrysander, 57, 110 Cibber, Colley, 81 n. Classical chorus, 136 Clavier pieces, 145 Clayton, 61 _Cleopatra_, 32, 160 Colour, 140, 141 Comic style of Keiser, 128 Commemoration festival, 107 Composing music, 142 n. Concert overture, 183 _Concerti Grossi_, 95, 165, 166