2 Such is the case with G.F. Handel's solo sonatas, often referred to as his "Opus 1". HTML | George I was said to have loved it so much that he ordered the exhausted musicians to play the suites three times on the trip. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries most musicians only knew those sonatas that appeared in the two versions of Handel’s Op 1, one supposedly published by the Amsterdam firm of Roger and the other, ‘more correct than the former edition’, by John Walsh. Hyperion offers both CDs, and downloads in a number of formats. These two lovely minuets are part of Suite No. Sarabande: The following are the eight candidates for being flute sonatas by Handel: List of solo sonatas by George Frideric Handel, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Agrippina condotta a morire or Dunque sarà pur vero, The Ways of Zion Do Mourn / Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline, Sing Unto God/Anthem for the Wedding of Frederick, Prince of Wales, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Handel_flute_sonatas&oldid=813188908, Compositions with a spurious or doubtful attribution, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. For soprano solo voice, alto solo voice, tenor solo voice, bass solo voice, SATB choir and piano accompaniment (Vocal Score). This page was last edited on 2 December 2017, at 08:53. Such is the case with G.F. Handel's solo sonatas, often referred to as his "Opus 1". No. Title Name Translations Flute sonata in G major HWV 363b; Sonata per a flauta en sol major: Authorities Wikipedia: Composer Handel, George Frideric: Opus/Catalogue Number Op./Cat. Terms of Use | 10 Other Movements from the same Work. Title Solos for a German Flute a Hoboy or Violin with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin Name Translations XV Handel solo sonatas; Sonate di Händel per solista; Sonates per a solista de Händel (Chrysander) Authorities Wikipedia: Composer Handel, George Frideric 10 The only sonata that survives as a flute sonata in Handel's own manuscript. 1". Privacy | Privacy | Three more Flute Sonatas, HWV374–6, were published in volume 48 of the Händel-Gesellschaft from a Walsh anthology of 1730, but HWV375 and 376 are probably spurious, and HWV374 is an unauthorized arrangement of the Oboe Sonata HWV366. HWV 363b ; Op.1 No.5 I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. Set of performance parts. 241 scores found for "Classical" en FLUTE on Flute solo. By George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). At the same time, two new Sonatas were discovered. HTML | Terms of Use | Indeed, Handel was exceptional at the time in writing bass parts that engage in dialogue with the upper part on equal terms, often using idiomatic keyboard figuration in the process. 6 | The solo flute, supported by the first violins, sings a flexible melody atop a transparent background that, even at its most active, moves no faster than in quarter notes. Many portions of the Water Music have become familiar. The D major movement in 3/2 meter titled “Alla Hornpipe” is particularly notable and has been used frequently for television and radio commercials. Complete Score Bach), Flute Sheet Music: Eternal Source of Light Divine (G.F. Handel). Submit yours! [1] There are many reasons for the confusion: some of the sonatas were originally written for other instruments, some have uncertain authenticity, some contain borrowings from other Handel works, and some were published (in an altered form) without Handel's knowledge. 8 Until then, too, the recorder was the only wind instrument with a significant solo repertory. Bach), Flute Sheet Music: Menuets (J.-C. Naudot). Alla Hornpipe: Flute solo: 16. (-) - V/V/V - 6698×⇩ - Feduol, PDF scanned by Unknown No. English), Flute Sheet Music: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Contact Free printable PDF score and MIDI track. Born: 23 February 1685. - There are no recordings for this tune yet. Authenticity uncertain. Contact | This untitled piece in the form of a sarabande opens the third suite of Handel's Water Music. 0.0/10 [4], Of the eleven flute sonatas formerly attributed to Handel, only one (the flute sonata in E minor (HWV 379)) appears to have been intended for the flute as it exists in that form in Handel's autograph, and even that one is a hasty arrangement of movements from other works.[5]. Submit yours! Authenticity uncertain. The two editions contain fourteen Sonatas between them, and they became the basis of volume 27 of Friedrich Chrysander’s Händel-Gesellschaft, published in 1879 with the addition of HWV379 and 371, edited from Handel’s autographs. In 1948 Thurston Dart edited the Recorder Sonatas HWV377 and 367a (wrongly dividing the long 367a into two works) and the Oboe Sonata HWV357 from manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Tune of the Day: Menuets by Handel. The solo flute, supported by the first violins, sings a flexible melody atop a transparent background that, even at its most active, moves no faster than in quarter notes. There matters more or less rested until the 1970s, when Terence Best, David Lasocki and others began to look again at the sources. The supposition of the date has been proven unfounded, at least for the second sonata, three movements of which are arrangements of music known to have been composed by Handel after 1712. 4 *#303422 - 1.15MB, 6 pp. Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first. Died: 14 April 1759. The prominent bass parts also give these sonatas a contrapuntal strength and vitality that is lacking in the work of contemporary violinists such as Geminiani and Veracini, who were more interested in the genre as a vehicle for virtuosity. 4 from “Water Music”, arranged for flute and piano. The flute began to displace the recorder in the 1720s, when it suddenly became fashionable among amateurs. 8 This in turn suggests that they might have been written for the leading figures in his opera orchestra, such as the violinists Pietro and Prospero Castrucci and the wind players Jean Christian Kytch and John Loeillet, who were also active in London’s public concerts. Arranged by Louis Moyse. Authenticity uncertain. Contact Terms of Use |