Keyboard suite in D minor (HWV 437)

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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 Suite de pièces Vol. 2 No. 4. It was first published in 1733.[citation needed]

Movements

The work consists of five movements:

Movement Type Grove[1]
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Händel-Gesellschaft
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Hallische Händel-Ausgabe
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Notes
1 Prelude 107 xlviii, 149 The prelude did not appear in the first edition published by John Walsh[2] and was taken from Handel's keyboard suite HWV 428. HWV 561 is another version of the prelude.[citation needed]
2 Allemande 108 ii, 81 iv/5, 29
3 Courante 109 ii, 82 iv/5, 30
4 Sarabande 110 ii, 82 iv/5, 31 theme with two variations.
5 Gigue 111 ii, 83 iv/5, 33

In popular culture

The Sarabande was used in an orchestral arrangement for the

period drama film Barry Lyndon (1975).[3]

It was used for the funeral of a Venetian printer in James Burke's Connections.

Dutch singer Petra Berger used the Sarabande as the musical setting for her song about Mary, Queen of Scots, "Still a Queen (In My End Is My Beginning)", from her album Eternal Woman (2001).[citation needed]

In 2002, the sarabande was used in the so-called "Odyssey" commercial for Levi's.[citation needed]

The Sarabande was featured in the episode "Warp and Weft" (2017; S02E03) of the

TV series Victoria.[4]

An orchestral version of the Sarabande was used on the first episode of

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Modern Life is Goodish
uses it to accompany his 'found poetry'.

Danish DJ Christian Steen Jensen (alias Camena) used the Sarabande in his release (2006)

See also

  • Keyboard works by George Frideric Handel

References

  1. ^ Hicks, Anthony (2001). "Handel, George Frideric". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. x (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan. p. 804.
  2. ^ Handel's Publisher, John Walsh, His Successors, and Contemporaries The Musical Quarterly Vol. 6, No. 3, Jul., 1920 Published by: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ Keech, Andrew (2006). "Reel Chill: Cinematic Chillout Album". Archived from the original on 25 March 2006. Retrieved 11 February 2006.
  4. ^ Tunefind (10 September 2017). "Season 2 - E3 - Warp and Weft". Tunefind. Keyboard Suite No. 4 in D Minor, HWV 437: III. Sarabande (Orch. Hale) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Alexander Briger

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