The Sonata in C major (
HWV 365), for
recorder
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and
basso continuo, was composed (probably before 1712) by
George Frideric Handel. The work is also referred to as ''Opus 1 No. 7'', and was first published in or shortly after 1726—in a collection of twelve sonatas titled ''Sonates pour un Traversiere un Violon ou Hautbois Con Basso Continuo Composées par G. F. Handel''—purportedly in Amsterdam by Jeanne Roger, but now shown to have been a forgery by the London publisher
John Walsh. Walsh republished this sonata in 1731 or 1732 under his own imprint in a similar collection, containing ten of the earlier sonatas and two new ones, with the new title ''Solos for a German Flute a Hoboy or Violin With a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord or Bass Violin Compos'd by Mr. Handel''. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as
HG xxvii, 15; and
HHA iv/3,33.
The pseudo-Roger,
Walsh, and the
Chrysander (based upon pseudo-Roger and Walsh) editions indicate that the work is for recorder ("flauto"), and published it as ''Sonata VII'', though the autograph manuscript is missing the title page. This autograph is a fair copy made most likely in 1712, but a reliable copyist's manuscript gives the instrumentation in Italian: "flauto e cembalo", exactly as in Handel's complete autographs of the Sonatas in G minor, A minor, and F major.
Movements
The work consists of five
movements
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:
(Movements do not contain repeat markings unless indicated. The number of bars is taken from the Chrysander edition, and is the raw number in the manuscript—not including repeat markings.)
Three of these movements are related to other works by Handel:
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*Handel also used the second movement in the overture to the opera ''
Scipione
''Scipione'' ( HWV 20), also called ''Publio Cornelio Scipione'', is an opera seria in three acts, with music composed by George Frideric Handel for the Royal Academy of Music in 1726. The librettist was Paolo Antonio Rolli. Handel composed ''S ...
'' (1726)
*The third movement is a revised version of the third movement of the
Oboe Sonata in F Major (1711–16)
*The fifth movement is related to the duet "Placa l'alma", from act 1, scene 4 of the opera ''
Alessandro
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'', (1725–26)
See also
*
List of solo sonatas by George Frideric Handel
*
XV Handel solo sonatas (publication by Chrysander)
*
Handel solo sonatas (publication by Walsh)
References
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Recorder sonatas by George Frideric Handel
Compositions in C major
1726 compositions