Passacaglia, Minuet and Gigue in G

Composer: HANDEL, George Frideric
  • These movements are selections from Handel’s Trio Sonata Op.5 no.4 in G Major, HWV 399.1
  • Handel composed the trio sonata c.1737-1738 in London.2 Handel’s Op.5 collection was first published in 1739 by John Walsh.3
  • Handel derived some of the material in this suite from earlier works: the overtures to his operas Athalia and Il pastor fido, his serenata Parnasso in Festa, and ballet music from his opera Alcina.4

Sources

  1. “Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks  (1749) / Pinnock,” Arvhic Music, accessed October 18, 2019, http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=9280.
  2. Ibid.
  3. “Trio Sonatas, Op.5 (Handel, George Frideric), IMSLP, accessed October 18, 2019, https://imslp.org/wiki/Trio_Sonatas,_Op.5_(Handel,_George_Frideric).
  4. Anthony Hicks, “Handel [Händel, Hendel], George Frideric,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 18, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000040060.

Cut IDs

18994