The music historian Sir John Hawkings recorded that his friend Handel's keyboard improvisations "stole on the ear in a slow and solemn progression; the harmony close wrought, and as full as could be possibly be expressed; the passage concatenated with stupendous art, the whole at the same time being perfectly intelligible, and carrying the appearance of great simplicity." Such fecund spontaneity generated the few published pieces Handel wrote specifically for the keyboard. The first set of suites appeared in 1720, perhaps composed and published for the instruction of Princess Anne... Read More
The music historian Sir John Hawkings recorded that his friend Handel's keyboard improvisations "stole on the ear in a slow and solemn progression; the harmony close wrought, and as full as could be possibly be expressed; the passage concatenated with stupendous art, the whole at the same time being perfectly intelligible, and carrying the appearance of great simplicity." Such fecund spontaneity generated the few published pieces Handel wrote specifically for the keyboard. The first set of suites appeared in 1720, perhaps composed and published for the instruction of Princess Anne... Read More
Description
The music historian Sir John Hawkings recorded that his friend Handel's keyboard improvisations "stole on the ear in a slow and solemn progression; the harmony close wrought, and as full as could be possibly be expressed; the passage concatenated with stupendous art, the whole at the same time being perfectly intelligible, and carrying the appearance of great simplicity." Such fecund spontaneity generated the few published pieces Handel wrote specifically for the keyboard. The first set of suites appeared in 1720, perhaps composed and published for the instruction of Princess Anne, to whom Handel serves as music master. Other collections of harpsichord and clavichord work followed; all seem to have been preserved from Handel's freely inventive keyboard sessions. Here, for the first time in a popularly accessible edition, are 35 of his finest keyboard works for solo instruments, reproduced from the monumental Deutsche Händelgesellschaft edition, still the most complete. This collection features the celebrated Eight Great Suites, including the Harmonious Blacksmith Air and the Passacaille in G Minor (G 255), "a work in which Handel approaches most nearly to the monumental style of his choral writing" (Grove's Dictionary). Other works include: Fugue in A Minor; Fantasia in C Major; Suite (Partita) in G Minor; Sonatina in B-flat Major; Capriccio in F Major; Minuet in G Minor; Sonatas in C Major; Chaconne in F Major; Prelude and Sonata in G Minor; and more. For this new edition, the pieces have been rearranged and retitled according to the latest scholarly sequences found in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Students and scholars will find many of the ideas Handel sketched here expanded and reworked in later chamber and orchestral works and in the opera dance movements; musicians and every Baroque music lover will see in these neglected pieces "a Protean fluidity" (New Grove) worthy of the great composer, and more than worthy of any musical library.
Reprint of Volume II, "Klavierstücke von Georg Friedrich Handel," Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1959.
Details
Price: $22.95
Pages: 174
Publisher: Dover Publications
Imprint: Dover Publications
Series: Dover Classical Piano Music
Publication Date: 1st September 1982
Trim Size: 9.25 x 12.2 in
ISBN: 9780486243382
Format: Paperback
BISACs: MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical MUSIC / Printed Music / Piano & Keyboard Repertoire
Table of Contents
Suite in A Major (HG II/i/1) Prelude (G 1) Allemande (G 2) Courante (G 3) Gigue (G 4) Fugue in A Minor (G17) (HG II/iv/5) Prelude (G 18) and Lesson (G19) in A Minor (HG II/iii/6) Fugue in B Minor (G 27) (HG II/iv/4) Suite in B-flat Major (HG II/ii/7) Allemande (G 30) Courante (G 31) Sarabande (G 32) Gigue (G 33) Suite in B-flat Major (HG II/ii/1) Prelude (G 34) Sonata (Allegro) (G 35) Air (with 5 variations) (G 36) Fugue in B-flat Major (G 37) (HG II/iv/3) Sonatina in B-flat Major (G 40) (HG II/iii/10) Sonata in C Major (HG II/iii/12) Allegro (G 56) Trio (G 57) Gavotte (G 58) Sonata in C Major (G 59) (HG II/iii/11) Fantasia in C Major (G 60) (HG II/iii/4 Fugue in C Minor (G 83) (HG II/iv/6) Suite in D Minor (HG II/ii/4) Allemande (G 108) Courante (G 109) Sarabande (with 2 variations) (G 110) Gigue (G 111) Suite in D Minor (HG II/i/3) Prelude (G 112) Allegro [Fugue] (G 113) Allemande (G 114) Courante (G 115) Air (with 5 variations) (G 116) Presto (G 117) Suite in D Minor (HG II/ii/3) Allemande (G 118) Allegro (G 119) Air [Sarabande] (G 120) Gigue (G 121) Minuet (G 122) Suite in D Minor (HG II/iii/1) Allemande (G 123) Courante (G 124) Sarabande (G 125) Gigue (G 126) Suite in E Major (HG II/i/5) Prelude (G 145) Allemande (G 146) Courante (G 147) "Air (with 5 variations; "Harmonious Blacksmith") (G 148)" Suite in E Minor (HG II/ii/5) Allemande (G 160) Sarabande (G 161) Gigue (G 162) Suite in E Minor (HG II/i/4) Allegro [Fugue] (G 163) Allemande (G 164) Courante (G 165) Sarabande (G 166) Gigue (G 167) Suite/Sonata in F Major (HG II/i/2) Adagio (G 175) Allegro (G 176) Adagio (G 177) Allegro [Fugue] (G 178) Allegro (G 179)* Capriccio in F Major (G 183) (HG II/iii/8) Chaconne in F Major (G 184) (HG II/iii/5) Suite in F Minor (HG II/i/8) Prelude (G 193) Fugue (Allegro) (G 194) Allemande (G 195) Courante (G 196) Gigue (G 197) Suite in F-sharp Minor (HG II/i/6) Prelude (G 204) Largo (G 205) Allegro [Fugue] (G 206) Gigue (G 207) Suite (Partita) in G Major (HG II/ii/8) Allemande (G 211) Allegro (G 212) Courante (G 213) Aria (G 214) Minuet (G 215) Gavotte (G 216) Gigue (G 217) Chaconne (with 62 variations) in G Major (G 228) (HG II/ii/9) Chaconne (with 21 variations) in G Major (G 229) (HG II/ii/2) Fugue in G Major (G 231) (HG II/iv/2) Minuet in G Minor (G 242) (part of HG II/ii/1) Suite in G Minor (HG II/ii/6) Allemande (G 246) Courante (G 247) Gigue (G 249) Suite in G Minor (HG II/i/7) Ouverture (G 250) Andante (G 251) Allegro (G 252) Sarabande (G 253) Gigue (G 254) Passacaille (Chaconne) (G 255) Suite in G Minor (HG II/iii/2) Allemande (G 260) Courante (G 261) Sarabande (G 262) Gigue (G 263) Fugue in G Minor (G 264) (HG II/iv/1) Prelude (G 265) and Sonata (Allegro) (G 266) in G Minor (HG II/iii/9) Capriccio in G Minor (G 270) (HG II/ii/3)
The music historian Sir John Hawkings recorded that his friend Handel's keyboard improvisations "stole on the ear in a slow and solemn progression; the harmony close wrought, and as full as could be possibly be expressed; the passage concatenated with stupendous art, the whole at the same time being perfectly intelligible, and carrying the appearance of great simplicity." Such fecund spontaneity generated the few published pieces Handel wrote specifically for the keyboard. The first set of suites appeared in 1720, perhaps composed and published for the instruction of Princess Anne, to whom Handel serves as music master. Other collections of harpsichord and clavichord work followed; all seem to have been preserved from Handel's freely inventive keyboard sessions. Here, for the first time in a popularly accessible edition, are 35 of his finest keyboard works for solo instruments, reproduced from the monumental Deutsche Händelgesellschaft edition, still the most complete. This collection features the celebrated Eight Great Suites, including the Harmonious Blacksmith Air and the Passacaille in G Minor (G 255), "a work in which Handel approaches most nearly to the monumental style of his choral writing" (Grove's Dictionary). Other works include: Fugue in A Minor; Fantasia in C Major; Suite (Partita) in G Minor; Sonatina in B-flat Major; Capriccio in F Major; Minuet in G Minor; Sonatas in C Major; Chaconne in F Major; Prelude and Sonata in G Minor; and more. For this new edition, the pieces have been rearranged and retitled according to the latest scholarly sequences found in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Students and scholars will find many of the ideas Handel sketched here expanded and reworked in later chamber and orchestral works and in the opera dance movements; musicians and every Baroque music lover will see in these neglected pieces "a Protean fluidity" (New Grove) worthy of the great composer, and more than worthy of any musical library.
Reprint of Volume II, "Klavierstücke von Georg Friedrich Handel," Deutsche Händelgesellschaft, Leipzig, 1959.
Price: $22.95
Pages: 174
Publisher: Dover Publications
Imprint: Dover Publications
Series: Dover Classical Piano Music
Publication Date: 1st September 1982
Trim Size: 9.25 x 12.2 in
ISBN: 9780486243382
Format: Paperback
BISACs: MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical MUSIC / Printed Music / Piano & Keyboard Repertoire
Suite in A Major (HG II/i/1) Prelude (G 1) Allemande (G 2) Courante (G 3) Gigue (G 4) Fugue in A Minor (G17) (HG II/iv/5) Prelude (G 18) and Lesson (G19) in A Minor (HG II/iii/6) Fugue in B Minor (G 27) (HG II/iv/4) Suite in B-flat Major (HG II/ii/7) Allemande (G 30) Courante (G 31) Sarabande (G 32) Gigue (G 33) Suite in B-flat Major (HG II/ii/1) Prelude (G 34) Sonata (Allegro) (G 35) Air (with 5 variations) (G 36) Fugue in B-flat Major (G 37) (HG II/iv/3) Sonatina in B-flat Major (G 40) (HG II/iii/10) Sonata in C Major (HG II/iii/12) Allegro (G 56) Trio (G 57) Gavotte (G 58) Sonata in C Major (G 59) (HG II/iii/11) Fantasia in C Major (G 60) (HG II/iii/4 Fugue in C Minor (G 83) (HG II/iv/6) Suite in D Minor (HG II/ii/4) Allemande (G 108) Courante (G 109) Sarabande (with 2 variations) (G 110) Gigue (G 111) Suite in D Minor (HG II/i/3) Prelude (G 112) Allegro [Fugue] (G 113) Allemande (G 114) Courante (G 115) Air (with 5 variations) (G 116) Presto (G 117) Suite in D Minor (HG II/ii/3) Allemande (G 118) Allegro (G 119) Air [Sarabande] (G 120) Gigue (G 121) Minuet (G 122) Suite in D Minor (HG II/iii/1) Allemande (G 123) Courante (G 124) Sarabande (G 125) Gigue (G 126) Suite in E Major (HG II/i/5) Prelude (G 145) Allemande (G 146) Courante (G 147) "Air (with 5 variations; "Harmonious Blacksmith") (G 148)" Suite in E Minor (HG II/ii/5) Allemande (G 160) Sarabande (G 161) Gigue (G 162) Suite in E Minor (HG II/i/4) Allegro [Fugue] (G 163) Allemande (G 164) Courante (G 165) Sarabande (G 166) Gigue (G 167) Suite/Sonata in F Major (HG II/i/2) Adagio (G 175) Allegro (G 176) Adagio (G 177) Allegro [Fugue] (G 178) Allegro (G 179)* Capriccio in F Major (G 183) (HG II/iii/8) Chaconne in F Major (G 184) (HG II/iii/5) Suite in F Minor (HG II/i/8) Prelude (G 193) Fugue (Allegro) (G 194) Allemande (G 195) Courante (G 196) Gigue (G 197) Suite in F-sharp Minor (HG II/i/6) Prelude (G 204) Largo (G 205) Allegro [Fugue] (G 206) Gigue (G 207) Suite (Partita) in G Major (HG II/ii/8) Allemande (G 211) Allegro (G 212) Courante (G 213) Aria (G 214) Minuet (G 215) Gavotte (G 216) Gigue (G 217) Chaconne (with 62 variations) in G Major (G 228) (HG II/ii/9) Chaconne (with 21 variations) in G Major (G 229) (HG II/ii/2) Fugue in G Major (G 231) (HG II/iv/2) Minuet in G Minor (G 242) (part of HG II/ii/1) Suite in G Minor (HG II/ii/6) Allemande (G 246) Courante (G 247) Gigue (G 249) Suite in G Minor (HG II/i/7) Ouverture (G 250) Andante (G 251) Allegro (G 252) Sarabande (G 253) Gigue (G 254) Passacaille (Chaconne) (G 255) Suite in G Minor (HG II/iii/2) Allemande (G 260) Courante (G 261) Sarabande (G 262) Gigue (G 263) Fugue in G Minor (G 264) (HG II/iv/1) Prelude (G 265) and Sonata (Allegro) (G 266) in G Minor (HG II/iii/9) Capriccio in G Minor (G 270) (HG II/ii/3)
