Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) [SEP] instrumentation
Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437)
The Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437) was composed by George Frideric Handel, for solo keyboard (harpsichord), between 1703 and 1706. It is also referred to as " Vol. 2 No. 4". It was first published in 1733.
Movements.
The work consists of five movements:
See also.
- Keyboard works by George Frideric Handel
in the Sarabande of his Keyboard Suite in D minor HWV 437 of 1727, and Johann Sebastian Bach in his "Peasants' Cantata" of 1742 are considered to highlight this 'later' folia repeating theme in a brilliant way. CPE Bach composed a set of 12 variations for keyboard on the tune (H.263). Antonio Salieri's 26 Variations on La Folia, for orchestra, written towards the end of his career, is one of his finest works. Henry Purcell, in: 'The Fairy Queen', first