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George Frideric Handel

Suite in C major, HWV 443

c. 1700–1703

[IMSLP]

Total duration: 21'

1. Präludium
2. Allemande
3. Courante
4. Sarabande
5. Gigue
6. Chaconne

Recommended editions

Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (Bärenreiter) · IV/17 · BA 4032 · Klavierwerke IV / Einzelne Suiten und Stücke, Zweite Folge · ed. Terence Best
Associated Board · Selected Keyboard Works, Book 1 · ed. Richard Jones [mov. 5]
Bärenreiter · BA 4223 · Klavierwerke IV / Einzelne Suiten und Stücke, Zweite Folge · ed. Terence Best
Wiener Urtext · UT 50118a · Klavierwerke I, Teil a · ed. Peter Williams

1. Präludium

Duration: 4'

Difficulty: 2

2. Allemande

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 2

3. Courante

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5

4. Sarabande

The sarabande is followed by a double.

Duration: 4' 30"

Difficulty: 2

5. Gigue

An alternative version of the movement is used in the suite in D minor (HWV 447).

Duration: 1'

Difficulty: 2

6. Chaconne

The theme is followed by twenty-six variations. Handel specifies that each variation is to be repeated; the duration given here assumes that these repetitions are not observed. The chaconne exists in an alternative version with forty-nine variations (HWV 484); the twenty-six variations correspond to variations 1, 2, 4, 12–14, 16–19, 21, 25, 29–31, 34, 38–40, 42–44, 46–47, 49 and 48 of the forty-nine variations.

Duration: 7' 30"

Difficulty: 2.5