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George Frideric Handel
Twenty Pieces for a Musical Clock (c. 1738)


G.F. Handel: 20 Pieces for a Musical ClockEdited by Pieter Dirksen

Utrecht: The Diapason Press, 1987
40 pages


The edition contains transcripts made from recordings of two musical clocks from Handel's vicinity, including all ornaments written out as exactly as possible. It must be considered a primary source of information on Handelian performance practice


CONTENTS

Introduction by Jan Jaap Haspels

The Braamcamp Handel-Clay clock
1. Ariadne [Menuet]
2. Allegro
3. Minuet
4. Variation
5. [Si, tra i ceppi]
6. Second Air
7. Third Air
8. [Andante]
9. Fifth Air
10. Sixth Air

The Windsor Castle Handel-Clay clock
11. [Air]
12. [Air]
13. [Gigue]
14. [Air]
15. [Allegro]
16. [Va godendo]
17. [In mar tempestuoso]
18. [Dell'onda i fieri moti]
19. [Fifth Air]
20. [Sixth Air]


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