The 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 about 4,000 items and 800,000 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 It includes transcriptions of printed and manuscript sources, some of which remain unpublished ("The Academy of Vocal Music", British Library, Add.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. The project received financial support from Houghton Library, Harvard University (2010–11) and UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (2011–12).

HRD is listed in An International Handel Bibliography / Internationale Händel-Bibliographie: 1959–2009.Marx, Hans Joachim (2009). Internationale Händel-Bibliographie: (1959-2009). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, p. 1. Links to the database are available from the web portals of the American Musicological Society (AMS),American Musicological Society. WWW Sites of Interest to Musicologists the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS),American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Related Sites and Information the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSECS),British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Links. John Wiley & Sons the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music (SECM),Society for Eighteenth-Century Music. Related links the Stiftung Händel-Haus in Halle,Stiftung Händel-Haus. Digitale Bibliothek the Foundling Museum, and the library catalogs of Stanford University, Harvard University, Yale University, UC Berkeley's,http://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/musicbooks_scores_recordings/digital_scores_books UC Berkeley University College London's,University College London Library. MetaLib – gateway to electronic resources and the University of Bologna'sRisorse di Musica library services.

See also Virtual Library of Musicology

References

External links Handel Reference Database mirror site at Stanford http://bibliolore.org/2013/12/20/handel-research-database/