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George Frideric Handel

Suite in E minor, HWV 429

c. 1710–1717

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Total duration: 15'

1. Allegro
2. Allemande
2. Allemande (first version)
3. Courante
4. Sarabande
4. Sarabande (first version)
5. Gigue

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 [including earlier versions of movs. 2 and 4]
Associated Board · Eight Great Suites, Book 1 · ed. Richard Jones
Associated Board · Selected Keyboard Works, Book 1 · ed. Richard Jones [mov. 5]
Bärenreiter · BA 4224 · Klavierwerke I / Erste Sammlung von 1720, Die achte großen Suiten · ed. Rudolf Steglich/Terence Best [including earlier versions of movs. 2 and 4]
Henle · HN 336 · Klaviersuiten (London 1720) · ed. Anthony Hicks [including first version of mov. 2]
Wiener Urtext · UT 50119 · Klavierwerke II / Acht Große Suiten · ed. Peter Williams

1. Allegro

This movement also exists in an earlier, fragmentary version with doubled note lengths. A version of the movement is used in the trio sonata in G minor (HWV 400, op. 5 no. 5).

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

2. Allemande

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5

2. Allemande (first version)

This movement exists in an earlier version that differs only after the first three bars.

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5

Suite in E minor, HWV 429; 2. Allemande (first version)

3. Courante

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2

4. Sarabande

Duration: 5'

Difficulty: 1.5

4. Sarabande (first version)

This movement exists in an earlier version that differs only in the final eight bars.

Duration: 5'

Difficulty: 1.5

Suite in E minor, HWV 429; 4. Sarabande (first version)

5. Gigue

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2.5