This performing edition offers a selection of the easiest keyboard pieces and dances by George Frideric Handel. Although Handel's keyboard works occupy a modest place in his extensive compositional output, they include many pieces of outstanding significance.
,Himself a virtuoso keyboard player, Handel wrote not only difficult music for his instrument but also a considerable number of easy pieces from various stages in his career.
,Alongside well known pieces such as the Sarabande in D minor, this edition includes pieces which bring discoveries and surprises. It is particularly in his dance numbers that Handel reveals himself as a true master of the easy but euphonious keyboard piece. Many minuets, airs and marches appear here for the first time in a printed collection, a clear indication of the editorial value of this edition. The reliable fingering and the notes on ornamentation make the collection very practical to use. A varied and unusual range of pieces for piano lessons with valuable notes on the works and a spacious appearance on the page.
,Contents:
,GAVOTTE G MAJOR HWV 491
,AIR D MINOR HWV 461
,MINUET G MINOR HWV 540B
,MINUET B FLAT MAJOR HWV 556
,MINUET G MINOR HWV 532
,MARCH G MAJOR HWV 419/2
,MARCH G MAJOR HWV 419/3
,MINUET A MAJOR HWV 546
,SARABANDE CON VARIAZIONI D MINOR HWV 437/4
,ENTREE G MINOR HWV 453/2
,AIR B FLAT MAJOR HWV 471
,TOCCATA G MINOR HWV 586
,OVERTURE D MINOR HWV 448/1
,IMPERTINENCE G MINOR HWV 494 BOURREE
,SONATINA G MAJOR HWV 582
,SONATINA B FLAT MAJOR HWV 585
,SONATINA D MINOR HWV 581
,PRELUDIO AND CHACONNE G MAJOR HWV 442
,PRELUDIO AND ALLEGRO G MINOR HWV 574
,MINUET G MINOR HWV 453/4
,ARIA CON VARIAZIONI B FLAT MAJOR HWV 434/3
