The ''Händel-Jahrbuch'' (HJb) is a music scientific journal dedicated to the composer

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

. It is published annually by the international Handel-Gesellschaft in conjunction with the foundation Handel House in Halle. The "scientific secretary" of the Handel Society is also

chief editor An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's Editing, editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is hel ...

of the Jahrbuch, and since 2011 the musicologist Annette Landgraf.

Publisher

The Jahrbuch was first published by the musicologist Rudolf Steglich from

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for the new Handel-Gesellschaft in

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, founded in 1925 by Hermann Abert. From 1928 to 1933, it was published in six volumes by

Breitkopf & Härtel Breitkopf & Härtel () is a German Music publisher, music publishing house. Founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, it is the world's oldest music publisher. Overview The catalogue contains over 1,000 composers, 8,000 works ...

in Leipzig. From 1955, the Handel-Gesellschaft published it as a new series at the ''Deutscher Verlag für Musik'' in Leipzig. The first four volumes can be counted twice as a continuation of the old series. Between 1992 and 1995, Studio-Verlag in

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managed the publication. Since then, the Jahrbuch has been published by Bärenreiter-Verlag in Kassel. In 2008, the Handel House Foundation in Halle became a partner.

Content

Contributions to the Händel-Jahrbuch are published mainly in German, with some contributions in English. Although between 1967 and 1976 the Jahrbuch sporadically described international academic conferences held at the Handel Festival in Halle, since 1989 have been regularly published. In addition, public lectures for the Festival are printed along with free research contributions. The economist Manfred Rätzer continues to provide statistical records of the current performances of Handel's operas and oratorios in the yearbook. The volumes also include the business accounts of the president of the association. Various forthcoming publications on Handel are advertised, including new volumes of the ''

Hallische Händel-Ausgabe The ''Hallische Händel-Ausgabe'' ("Halle Handel Edition") is a multi-volume collection of the works of George Frideric Handel. It was first published in the 1950s: initially as an adjunct to the Händel-Gesellschaft, HG edition, but by 1958 as ...

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Access

The contributions to the Handel Yearbook are listed in the online catalogue (

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) of the Library of the Handel House Foundation in Halle. The Jahrbuch is available for purchase in bookshops, free to members of the association.

Editorial office

For more than three decades (1955 to 1988) the Handel researcher Walther Siegmund-Schultze held the position of Scientific Secretary of the Society.

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