Keyboard Works for Solo Instrument (Dover Music for Piano) [Paperback]

George Frideric Handel (Author), Classical Piano Sheet Music (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Music for Piano | Publication Date: September 1, 1982

This exciting volume features 35 neglected works from Handel's vast oeuvre, originally jotted down as improvisations. Includes 8 Great Suites, and others. New sequence.

Product Details

• Paperback: 174 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (September 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486243389
• ISBN-13: 978-0486243382
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond the Sarabande, September 9, 2011

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This review is from: Keyboard Works for Solo Instrument (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

For some reason I had never investigated the Handel keyboard suites until a renewed interest in playing the piano for pleasure caused me to start checking out all sorts of things I wasn't familiar with. Listening to the excellent recordings of the complete suites by Gavrilov and Richter on EMI Handel: Keyboard Suites, Vol. 1; Handel: Keyboard Suites, Vol. 2; Beethoven: Piano Sonata, Op. 31/2 made me want to have this music to play. I was waffling about purchasing this Dover edition for a bit since I wasn't sure about the typeface and there were no fingerings. After realizing that most other editions required buying two books, I decided to pick this one up and am extremely pleased with it. The typeface and layout are perfectly manageable and it's nice to have things like the zippy Gigue in Suite 1 complete on two pages so there's no need for a pageturn. The binding is flexible enough to let the 150-odd pages lie flat on the rack without major gyrations. It's nice to get to know more of Handel's keyboard output beyond the "Harmonious Blacksmith" variations from suite 5 and the ubiquitous Sarabande from suite 11.

The volume contains volume 2 of the Handel Gesellschaft edition of the keyboard works. HG numbers and G (Grove) numbers are given but no HWV numbers. I'm listing the complete contents with the HWV numbers for the suites which is how most recordings identify them. Highly recommended.

Full contents:

Capriccio F HG II/iii/8 G183
Capriccio g HG II/ii/3 G270
Chaconne F HG II/iii/5G184
Chaconne G with 21 Vars HG II/ii/2 HWV 435
Chaconne with 32 Vars G HG II/ii/9 G228
Fantasia C HG II/iii/4 G60
Fugue c HG II/iv/6 G83
Fugue g HG II/iv/1
Fugue G HG II/iv/2 G231
Fugue in a HG II/iv/5 (G17)
Fugue in B fl HG II.iv/3 G37
Fugue in b HG II/iv/4 G27
Keyboard Ste 01 A HWV 426
Keyboard Ste 02 F HWV 427
Keyboard Ste 03 d HWV 428
Keyboard Ste 04 e HWV 429
Keyboard Ste 05 E HWV 430
Keyboard Ste 06 f# HWV 431
Keyboard Ste 07 g HWV 432
Keyboard Ste 08 f HWV433
Keyboard Ste 09 g min HWV 439
Keyboard Ste 10 d min HWV 436
Keyboard Ste 11 d min HWV 437
Keyboard Ste 12 e min HWV 438
Keyboard Ste 13 B fl HWV 440
Keyboard Ste 14 G HWV 441
Keyboard Ste 15 d min HWV 447
Keyboard Ste 16 G min HWV 452
Minuet g HG II/ii/1 G242
Prelude and Lesson a HG II/iii/6 G18/19)
Prelude and Sonata (Allegro) g HG II/iii/9 G265/G266
Sonata C HG II/iii/11 G59
Sonatina B fl HG II/iii/10 G40

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!, June 4, 2000

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dave - See all my reviews

This review is from: Keyboard Works for Solo Instrument (Dover Music for Piano) (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. I had a lot of fun playing Handel on my guitar. The transcriptions are excellemt and are great if you wish to play a litlle handel melody on your instrument. My one complaint is that no solo instrument could ever match how the original composition must have sounded, so don't expect miracles