Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434, by George Frideric Handel

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The Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434, by George Frideric Handel is a Baroque keyboard suite whose final movement’s theme later became famous as the basis for Brahms’s “Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel.”

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instanceOf Baroque composition
keyboard suite
work by George Frideric Handel
associatedComposer Johannes Brahms NERFINISHED
associatedGenre classical music repertoire
associatedPlace London NERFINISHED
associatedWithForm theme and variations
catalogNumber HWV 434 NERFINISHED
composer George Frideric Handel NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Great Britain NERFINISHED
era early 18th century
finalMovement Aria con variazioni
genre keyboard suite
hasCatalogue Händel-Werke-Verzeichnis NERFINISHED
hasKey B-flat major
hasKeySignature two flats
hasMovementOrder final movement is a set of variations
hasPart theme later used by Johannes Brahms
hasPopularityReason connection to Brahms’s Op. 24
hasThematicMaterial Baroque-style aria used as variation theme
hasTheme melodic theme later used by Brahms for variations
influencedWork Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 NERFINISHED
instrumentation harpsichord
solo keyboard
key B-flat major
languageOfTitle Italian
movement Aria con variazioni
notableFor final movement’s theme used by Brahms
opusRelationship theme basis for Brahms’s Op. 24
partOf Handel’s keyboard works NERFINISHED
performancePractice historically performed on harpsichord
often performed on modern piano
period Baroque
style Baroque keyboard style
titleLanguageDetail movement title "Aria con variazioni" is in Italian NERFINISHED
tonality major
usedAsThemeIn Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 NERFINISHED
workTitle Suite in B-flat major NERFINISHED

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Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 basedOnWork Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434, by George Frideric Handel
subject surface form: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24