Concerto Grosso in B minor, HWV 330 (Handel, George Frideric)

Title Concerto Grosso in B minor
Alternative title Concerto Grosso No.18
Creators George Frideric Handel, composer
Opus HWV 330
Instrumentation 2 violins, cello, strings and continuo
Number of movements 5
Keys B minor
Composed 1739
First published 1740
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Composition types Concerti grossi
Period Baroque
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Sections

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Metronome Key Measures
Largo — — 20
Allegro — — 85
Aria e variato. Larghetto — E major 84
Largo — — 6
Allegro . After the Fuga finalis from the harpsichord Suite in B minor) (LV 65) by F. W. Zachow, Handel's music teacher. — https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_in_B_minor%2C_LV_65_(Zachow%2C_Friedrich_Wilhelm 67

Arrangements

Details Section Arranged for Arranger
View Complete piano Giuseppe Martucci
View Selections 4 accordions and bass accordion Paul De Bra
View Selections 3 recorders R.D. Tennent
View Selections flute and harpsichord Giovanni Vianini
View Selections trumpet and organ Michel Rondeau
View Selections organ William Thomas Best

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
View Complete — — — Complete Score (scan)
Complete Score
Original Final Set (scan)
Original Final Set
View Complete — Edition Peters — Complete Score
View Complete parts Edition Peters — Violin I Solo
VIolin II Solo
Cello Solo
Violins I
VIolins II
Violas
Continuo (Cellos/Basses)
Harpsichord
View Complete parts — — Violin I Solo/Violins I
Violin II Solo/Violins II
Violas
Cello Solo/Cellos/Basses/Continuo
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Giuseppe Martucci
Arranger's autograph manuscript — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for piano
by Giuseppe Martucci
Novello — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for 4 accordions and bass accordion
by Paul De Bra
; selections
Paul De Bra 2010 Complete Score
Complete Parts
View Complete Arrangement for 3 recorders
by R.D. Tennent
; selections
— — Complete Score
View Complete Arrangement for flute and harpsichord
by Giovanni Vianini
; selections
— — Complete Score
Engraving files (Finale)
View Complete Arrangement for trumpet and organ
by Michel Rondeau
; selections
— — Complete Score and Trumpet Part
Engraving files (Finale & XML)
View Complete Arrangement for organ
by William Thomas Best
; selections
Novello — Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionEnsemblePerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
View — Bamberger Symphoniker (orchestra) Fritz Lehmann, conductor — Complete Recording
View Larghetto (No.3) — Professor P, performer For 4 Accordions and Bass Accordion (De Bra) Complete Recording
View MIDI Larghetto (No.3) — For 3 Recorders (Tennent) Synthesized Performance
View Synthesized Larghetto (No.3) — For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau) Virtual Performance


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