1. Addison Joseph Richard Steele and Others The Spectator Bd. 1 hrsg. von Gregory Smith (London und New York: Dent 1954).
2. Buelow George J. „The Case for Handel's Borrowings: the Judgment of Three Centuries“ inHandel: Tercentenary Collection hrsg. von Stanley Sadie und Anthony Hicks (Basingstoke und London: Macmillan 1987) 61–82.
3. Burney Charles An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster Abbey and the Pantheon[…]In Commemoration of Handel(London: Printed for the Benefit of the Musical Fund; and sold by T. Payne and Son; and G. Robinson 1785).
4. Burney Charles A General History of Music: From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period(2 Bde. London: Harcourt 1935; Neudruck der ursprünglich vierbändigen Ausg. London: Printed for the Author […] 1776–1789).
5. Chrysander Friedrich G. F. Händel Bd. 1 (Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel 1858).