Handel: Easy Piano Pieces and Dances

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.

Pieces

• 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