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.”
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434 | 0 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Baroque composition
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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
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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
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
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Suite in B-flat major, HWV 434, by George Frideric Handel
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subject surface form:
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24