Twelve Grand Concertos in Score: Composed in the Year 1737

Type:

partituur

Titel:

Twelve Grand Concertos in Score: Composed in the Year 1737

Andere titel:

op. 6, HWV 319-330

Auteur:

Handel, George Frideric

Jaar:

1789

Onderwerp:

18th Century (1701-1800)
Concerto grosso
London (United Kingdom)

Taal:

Engels

Uitgever:

London Arnold 1789

Plaatsnummer:

ORPH.KTS1 C1.32 07A22 (Orpheus Instituut)

ORPH.KTS1 C2.33 07D51 (Orpheus Instituut)

Paginering:

220 pages

Reeks:

The Works of G. F. Händel, Ed. in Score 60-64

Samenvatting:

The Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, or Twelve Grand Concertos, HWV 319–330, are 12 concerti grossi by George Frideric Handel for a concertino trio of two violins and violoncello and a ripieno four-part string orchestra with harpsichord continuo. First published by subscription in London by John Walsh in 1739, in the second edition of 1741 they became Handel's Opus 6. Taking the older concerto da chiesa and concerto da camera of Arcangelo Corelli as models, rather than the later three-movement Venetian concerto of Antonio Vivaldi favoured by Johann Sebastian Bach, they were written to be played during performances of Handel's oratorios and odes. Despite the conventional model, Handel incorporated in the movements the full range of his compositional styles, including trio sonatas, operatic arias, French overtures, Italian sinfonias, airs, fugues, themes and variations and a variety of dances. The concertos were largely composed of new material.

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