Oboe sonata in F major (HWV 363a)
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George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
, for oboe and keyboard (harpsichord
Harpsichord
A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...
). The work is also referred to as HHA
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe
The Hallische Händel-Ausgabe is a multi-volume collection of the works of George Frideric Handel. It was first published in the 1950s: initially as an adjunct to the HG edition, but by 1958 as a collected edition in its own right...
iv/18,36. (There is no HG
Händel-Gesellschaft
Between 1858 and 1902, the Händel-Gesellschaft, or "German Handel Society," produced a collected 105-volume edition of the works of Georg Frideric Handel. Even though the collection was initiated by the society, many of the volumes were published by Friedrich Chrysander working alone...
designation for the work.)
The sonata was later reworked as a flute sonata in G major (HWV 363b)
Flute sonata in G major (HWV 363b)
The Flute sonata in G major was composed by George Frideric Handel for flute and keyboard . The work is also referred to as Opus 1 No. 5, and was first published in 1732 by Walsh. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxvii,19; and HHA iv/3,28...
.
A typical performance of the work takes about eight minutes.
Movements
The work consists of five movementsMovement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
:
| Movement | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adagio | A typically airy Handelian adagio |
| 2 | Allegro | The theme is introduced by the oboe, but then joined by the keyboard in an exchange of little fanfare figures. Handel marks the climax of the movement by sending the oboe shooting up to its highest note possible at the time |
| 3 | Adagio | Move plaintive than the first adagio movement |
| 4 | Bourrée Bourrée The bourrée is a dance of French origin common in Auvergne and Biscay in Spain in the 17th century. It is danced in quick double time, somewhat resembling the gavotte. The main difference between the two is the anacrusis, or upbeat; a bourrée starts on the last beat of a bar, creating a... |
A perky dance that looks ahead to the second section of "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" |
| 5 | Minuet | The minuet is marked by little upward melodic skips |
See also
- List of solo sonatas by George Frideric Handel