Description
This Handel keyboard suite runs over seven minutes and contains more than two thousand notes, suggesting a substantial multi-movement work. Contrapuntal voice-leading alternates with lively, dance-inspired rhythms across its sections. Sustaining tension and expressive range through such a long structure makes it a suite suited to advanced players.
Baroque-era suites that string together a sequence of contrasting dances, such as allemandes and gigues, into a single work.
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
George Frideric Handel was a Baroque composer born in Halle, Germany, who later became a naturalized British citizen. Celebrated for the oratorio Messiah and his Italian-style operas, he also composed many keyboard suites and sonatas. Often mentioned alongside his contemporary Bach, his music is marked by accessible melody and stately grandeur. This site includes 72 of his works, such as gavottes, concertos, and sonatinas.
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