George Frideric Handel

Lesson in D minor, HWV 495b

c. 1705–1710

This piece exists in four different keyboard versions: (in order) the lesson in D minor (HWV 495a), the lesson in D minor (HWV 495b), an earlier version of the last movement of the suite in D minor (HWV 428), and the final version of this suite movement. Versions of the movement are also used in the final part of the overture to the first version of the opera Il Pastor fido (HWV 8a), the organ concerto in D minor (HWV 309, op. 7 no. 4), the concerto grosso in D major (HWV 317, op. 3 no. 6), and the menuet in E minor, HWV Anh. A 15/1.

Recommended editions

Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (Bärenreiter) · IV/1 · BA 4049 · Klavierwerke I / Erste Sammlung von 1720, Die achte großen Suiten · ed. Rudolf Steglich/Terence Best
Bärenreiter · BA 4224 · Klavierwerke I / Erste Sammlung von 1720, Die achte großen Suiten · ed. Rudolf Steglich/Terence Best

Duration: 4'

Difficulty: 2.5