List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Foreword / by Christopher Hogwood -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- A-Z general entries -- Appendix 1: Worklist -- Appendix 2: Chronology -- Appendix 3: Handel's family tree -- Appendix 4: Handel's iconography -- Appendix 5: Genealogical table of the ruling houses of Britain and Hanover -- Appendix 6: Handel's music on CD and DVD -- Appendix 7: An overview of fifty Handel performers, 1959-2009 -- Appendix 8: Handel organisations and websites -- Select bibliography -- General index.