George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (born Georg Friedrich Händel 23 February 1685 (O.S.) [(N.S.) 5 March] – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel received important training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalized British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition.
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Violin Sonata in D major, Op. 1, No. 13. HWV 371 (c. 1749-50)
Sonata No. 4 in the Schirmer Edition.
1. Afetuoso (0:00)
2. Allegro (3:26)
3. Larghetto (6:11)
4. Allegro (8:28)
Andrew Manze, violin and Richard Egarr, harpsichord
The instruments used:
Violin by Joseph Gagliano, Naples, 1782
Bow by Gerhard Landwehr, Heemstede, 1986
Harpsichord by John Phillips, 1993, after Nicolas Dumont, 1707
Pitch: A = 415 Hz
Temperament: French ordinaire, early eighteenth century
This Sonata was Handel's final chamber music piece and one of his last violin sonatas. The sonata was never published during Handel's lifetime. It was originally not in Op.1 (1730), but added to the complete Handel edition by Chrysander, (1879, 1894) and appeared in well-known collections of Handel violin sonatas such as those of Hans Sitt (Peters, 1889) and Carl Friedberg (Fischer, 1919)