Handel: Easy Piano Pieces and Dances
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- Composer: George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- Editor: Michael Töpel (1958-)
- Instrumentation: Piano
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- Size: 9.1 x 11.8 inches
- Pages: 31
Description
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 wellknown 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.
Works:
- Gavotte in G Major, HWV 491
- Air in D Minor, HWV 461
- Minuet in G Minor, HWV 540b
- Minuet in B-flat Major, HWV 556
- Minuet in G Minor, HWV 532
- March in G Major, HWV 419/2
- March in G Major, HWV 419/3
- Minuet in A Major, HWV 546
- Sarabande with Variations from Suite in D Minor, HWV 437
- Entrée from Suite in G Minor, HWV 453
- Air in B-flat Major, HWV 471
- Toccata in G Minor, HWV 586
- Ouverture in D Minor, HWV 448/1
- Impertinence, HWV 494
- Sonatina in G Major, HWV 582
- Sonatina in B-flat Major, HWV 585
- Sonatina in D Minor, HWV 581
- Suite (Chaconne) in G major, HWV 442
- Preludio and Allegro in G Minor, HWV 574
- Minuet from Suite in G Minor, HWV 453
- Air with Variations from Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434
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Handel: Easy Piano Pieces and Dances
