Mainwaring, J.: Memoirs of the Life of the Late G. F. Handel. London. 1760.

Burney, Charles: A General History of Music. London. 1776-89.

Burney, Charles: An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey, etc. London. 1785.

Hawkins, Sir John: A General History of the Science and Practice of Music. London. 1776.

Coxe, W.: Anecdotes of G. F. Handel and Y. C. Smith. London. 1799.

Schoelcher, Victor: The Life of Handel. London. 1857. The first attempt at a complete and documented biography.

Chrysander, Friedrich: G. F. HÄndel. Leipzig. 1858-67. This biography does not go beyond 1740, but it is the most valuable source for carefully documented facts.

Delany, Mary: Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany. Edited by Lady Llanover. London. 1861-62.

Taylor, Sedley: The Indebtedness of Handel to Works by Other Composers. Cambridge. 1906.

Robinson, Percy: Handel and His Orbit. London. 1908.

Streatfeild, R.A.: Handel. London. 1909. The best biography of Handel and critical study of his works in English.

Squire, W. Barclay: Handel in 1745 (Riemann-Festschrift). Leipzig. 1909.

Rolland, Romain: Haendel. Paris. 1910.

Flower, Newman: George Friederic Handel: His Personality and His Times. London. 1923.

This book contains much new biographical matter. I have to thank Mr. Flower for kind permission to make use of his valuable discoveries.

Leichtentritt, Hugo: HÄndel. Stuttgart. 1924. Biography based mainly on Streatfeild; gives a detailed analysis of all Handel's works.

Young, Percy M.: Handel. London. 1947.