Description
A compact Handel keyboard suite lasting a little over a minute, with 397 notes. Within this short span, clear dance rhythms and ornamental figures are woven together, condensing the essence of a Baroque suite movement into brief form. Though modest in scale, it still calls for stylistic awareness, making it suitable for intermediate players learning the suite idiom. Composed around 1720, it serves as an approachable entry point into the suite genre, asking an intermediate player to handle Baroque ornamentation with care despite its brevity.
Baroque-era suites that string together a sequence of contrasting dances, such as allemandes and gigues, into a single work.
About the Composer
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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