Incidental Music
| HWV | Title | Premiere | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | The Alchemist | 1710-01-1414 January 1710 | Queen's Theatre, London | Instrumental music for the revival of Ben Jonson's play The Alchemist. An arrangement, by an anonymous composer, of music from Handel's opera Rodrigo. |
| 44 | Comus | 1745-06-00June 1745 | Ludlow Castle, Shropshire | Three songs and a trio written as part of a private arrangement of John Milton's masque Comus. |
| 45 | Alceste | 1750-00-00Not performed | A masque which was written for an unproduced play by Tobias Smollett. Music composed between December 1749 and January 1750. | |
| 218 | Love's but the frailty of the mind | 1740-03-1717 March 1740 | Drury Lane Theatre, London | Sung by Mrs. Kitty Clive at her benefit performance of William Congreve's The Way of the World (Act III). Music composed in London, 1740 |
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