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Suite in F minor, HWV 433

c. 1717–1720

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Total duration: 12' 30"

1. Prélude: Adagio
2. Allegro
3. Allemande
4. Courante
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
Associated Board · Eight Great Suites, Book 2 · ed. Richard Jones
Bärenreiter · BA 4224 · Klavierwerke I / Erste Sammlung von 1720, Die achte großen Suiten · ed. Rudolf Steglich/Terence Best
Henle · HN 336 · Klaviersuiten (London 1720) · ed. Anthony Hicks
Wiener Urtext · UT 50119 · Klavierwerke II / Acht Große Suiten · ed. Peter Williams

1. Prélude: Adagio

The opening bars of the prélude exist in two different, fragmentary versions. An earlier version of the suite includes a different prelude: the preludium in F minor (HWV 568).

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5

Suite in F minor, HWV 433; 1. Prélude: Adagio

2. Allegro

A version of the movement is used in the trio sonata in G minor (HWV 404).

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 3

3. Allemande

Duration: 3'

Difficulty: 2.5

4. Courante

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2.5

5. Gigue

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5