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G. F. Handel's Compositions

HWV 559-612


HWV 559: Passepied in C major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1721-2
  • HHA edition: IV/19

HWV 560: Passepied in A major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1705
  • HHA edition: IV/19

HWV 561: Prelude in D minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1705-6
  • Notes: Version of Prelude to the Suite de pièce in D minor, Vol 2 No 4 (HWV 437).
  • HG edition: 48
  • HHA edition: IV/5 (2nd Ed.)

HWV 562: Prelude [Harpeggio] in D minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1711-12
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 563: Prelude in D minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1700-3
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 564: Prelude in D minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1705
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 565: Prelude in D minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1710-20
  • Notes: Early version of the Prelude to the Suite de pièce in D minor, Vol 1 No 3 (HWV 428).
  • HHA edition: IV/1 (2nd ed.), Anhang

HWV 566: Prelude in E major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1710-20
  • Notes: Associated in some MSS with movements in the Suite de pièce in F minor, Vol 1 No 8 (HWV 433).
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 567: Preludium in F major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1710-20
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 568: Preludium in F minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1710-20
  • Notes: Associated in some MSS with movements in the Suite de pièce in F minor, Vol 1 No 8 (HWV 433)
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 569: Preludium in F minor or Arpeggio del Cook

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: ?circa 1710-20
  • Notes: Authorship uncertain.

HWV 570: Prelude (Harpeggio) in F sharp minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1717-18
  • Notes: Originally associated with the Suite de pièce in F sharp minor, Vol 1 No 6 (HWV 431).
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 571: Prelude and Capriccio; 2 movements in G major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1703-6
  • HG edition: 48
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 572: Prelude in G minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1710-17
  • Notes: Originally associated with the Suite de pièce in G minor, Vol 1 No 7 (HWV 432).
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 573: Prelude (Harpeggio) in G minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1705
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 574: Prelude and Allegro (Sonata) in G minor; 2 movements

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1705
  • HG edition: 2
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 575: Prelude (Harpeggio) in A minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1717-18
  • HG edition: 2 (coupled with the "Lesson in A minor"; HWV 496)
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 576: Prelude and Allegro in A minor; 2 movements

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1705-6
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 577: Sonata (Fantasia) pour le clavecin, in C major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1703-5
  • HG edition: 2
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 578: Sonata in C major

  • Genre: Clock-Organ
  • Composed: circa 1750
  • Notes: Music related to a setting of 'Amen' (HWV 277), the Concerto Grosso in C major for "Alexander's Feast" (HWV 318), and the "Air Lentement in G minor" (HWV 467).
  • HG edition: 2
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 579: Sonata (Fantasia) for a Harpsichord with Double Keys in G major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: ?circa 1707-10
  • Notes:
    • For 2-manual harpsichord (or possibly organ)
    • For other 2-manual pieces, see HWV 466, HWV 470, and HWV 485.
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 580: Sonata (Larghetto) in G minor; 1 movement

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: ?circa 1707-10
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 581: Sonatina in D minor; 1 movement

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1705
  • HG edition: 48
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 582: Sonatina ['Fuga'] in G major; 1 movement

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1721-2
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 583: Sonatina in G minor; 1 movement

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: ?circa 1721-2
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 584: Sonatina in A minor; 1 movement

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1706-8
  • Notes: Authenticity uncertain.
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 585: Sonatina in B flat major; 1 movement

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1721-2
  • HG edition: 2
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 586: Toccata in G minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1710-20
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 587-97: Eleven pieces in C, F, and G

  • Genre: Clock-Organ
  • Composed: circa 1735-40
  • Notes: "10 [sic] Tunes for Clay's Musical Clock"; includes arrangements of opera arias.
  • HHA edition: IV/19

HWV 598-604: Seven pieces in C major

  • Genre: Clock-Organ
  • Composed: circa 1730-40
  • Notes: HWV 600 (a version of HWV 588) named "A Voluntary or a Flight of Angels."
  • HHA edition: IV/19

HWV 605: Fugue in G minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1711-18
  • Published: 1735
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 606: Fugue in G major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1711-18
  • Published: 1735
  • HG edition: 2
  • HHA edition: IV6

HWV 607: Fugue in B flat major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1711-18
  • Published: 1735
  • HG edition: 2
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 608: Fugue in B minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1711-18
  • HG edition: 2
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 609: Fugue in A minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1711-18
  • Published: 1735
  • HG edition: 2
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 610: Fugue in C minor

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1711-18
  • HG edition: 2
  • HHA edition: IV/6

HWV 611: Fugue in F major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Composed: circa 1705
  • Notes: no autograph
  • HHA edition: IV/17

HWV 612: Fugue in E major

  • Genre: Keyboard
  • Notes: No autograph. Single source is from MS of organ voluntaries; probably authentic, though text of final bars defective; fugue subject related to the "Water Music" overture.
  • HHA edition: IV/19

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