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Keyboard Works, HWV 434-442 Second Set of 1733 by George Frideric Handel Harpsichord - Sheet Music

By George Frideric Handel
Piano, harpsichord - SMP Level 10 (Advanced)

SKU: BA.BA04221

Volume 2. Second Set of 1733. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Edited by Terence Best. This edition: urtext edition. Paperback. Barenreiter Urtext. Performance score, anthology. HWV 434-442. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA04221. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA04221).

ISBN 9790006446216. 12.2 x 9.57 inches.

The two collections of suites that Handel himself issued in 1720 and 1733 form the main pillars of his keyboard music. For Handel, the suite was a self-contained genre with a cyclic formal design. Thus, although indebted to the sequence of movements customary at the time, each suite in these two collections has distinctive features all of its own.

This new edition by the renowned Handel scholar Terence Best draws on Peter Northway’s ground-breaking volume of 1970. Many new discoveries have made it necessary to thoroughly revise Northway’s work. All these research findings have been incorporated in our volume along with the Urtext from the “Halle Handel Edition”.

The volume also contains an informative appendix with alternative versions and movements that Handel withdrew before publication. This comprehensive edition of the 1733 collection is rounded off with a detailed preface, thereby creating a new edition that satisfies every prerequisite for professional performances at the highest level.

About Barenreiter Urtext

What can I expect from a Barenreiter Urtext edition?

MUSICOLOGICALLY SOUND
- A reliable musical text based on all available sources
- A description of the sources
- Information on the genesis and history of the work
- Valuable notes on performance practice
- Includes an introduction with critical commentary explaining source discrepancies and editorial decisions

... AND PRACTICAL
- Page-turns, fold-out pages, and cues where you need them
- A well-presented layout and a user-friendly format
- Excellent print quality
- Superior paper and binding

 

About SMP Level 10 (Advanced)

Very advanced level, very difficult note reading, frequent time signature changes, virtuosic level technical facility needed.

  • 1. Suite B-dur HWV 434
  • 2. Chaconne G-dur mit 21 Variationen HWV 435
  • 3. Suite d-moll HWV 436
  • 4. Suite d-moll HWV 437
  • 5. Suite e-moll HWV 438
  • 6. Suite g-moll HWV 439
  • 7. Suite B-dur HWV 440
  • 8. Suite G-dur HWV 441
  • 9. Prelude et Chaconne G-dur mit 62 Variationen HWV 442

Ratings + Reviews

Based on 2 Reviews
Bowlbs
March 27, 2018
Handel is best
This volume contains one of my favorite pieces by Handel and that is his Suite in d-minor, or, HWV 437. The Sarabande (with Variations) is one of the best melodic chord progressions in all of Baroque music. Of course, just my subjective opinion. But there is much more contained in Volume II to occupy your attention if d-minor is not your favorite key. But, if you have the dough to buy this Barenreiter edition check out the Sarabande and tell me if it isnt your favorite too!
William Z.
January 08, 2018
Good edition
Well made, good printing, good paper, good binding (opens and lays flat). Most of the music is intermediate, a few advanced.