The ''Flute sonata in B minor'' ( HWV 367b) is a work for flute and

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, however the sonata was originally composed (c. 1712) by

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as a ''

Recorder sonata in D minor (HWV 367a) The Sonata in D minor ( HWV 367a) was composed, circa 1709–15, by George Frideric Handel for recorder and basso continuo. The work is also referred to as ''Opus 1 No. 9a''. Another catalogue of Handel's music refers to the work as HHA iv/18,19, ...

''. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxvii, 32; and HHA iv/3,42. The work was first published as "Opus 1, No. 9" in 1730 in an unauthorised and "disgracefully botched" edition—in fact by John Walsh of

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but with a forged title page claiming Jeanne Roger of

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as the publisher—in which it was transposed to B minor for flute from its original key of D minor, and with its third and fourth movements omitted.Terence Best, "Handel's Chamber Music: Sources, Chronology and Authenticity", ''Early Music'' 13, no. 4 (November 1985): 476–99. Citation from 481–83. Both the Walsh editions and the Chrysander edition indicate that the work is for flute ("Traversa"), and published it as ''Sonata IX''. The work is the most developed and expansive of all Handel's sonatas that can be said to be for the flute. A typical performance of the work takes about fourteen and a half minutes. For details about the movements in the sonata, see the movements section of the ''Recorder sonata in D minor (HWV 367a)''.

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Flute sonatas by George Frideric Handel 1726 compositions Compositions in B minor {{sonata-stub

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