The Sonata in F major ( HWV 369) was composed (before 1712) by

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

for recorder and

basso continuo Basso continuo parts, almost universal in the Baroque era (1600–1750), provided the harmonic structure of the music by supplying a bassline and a chord progression. The phrase is often shortened to continuo, and the instrumentalists playing th ...

(the autograph manuscript, a fair copy made most likely in 1712, gives this instrumentation in Italian: "flauto e cembalo"). The work is also referred to as ''Opus 1 No. 11'', and was first published in 1732 by

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. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxvii, 40; and HHA iv/3,52. Handel used an arrangement of the sonata in his Organ Concerto in F major (HWV 293).Anthony Hicks, "Handel, George Frideric", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London: Macmillan Publishers, 2001): 10::, citation on 798. Both the Walsh edition and the Chrysander edition indicate that the work is for recorder ("flauto"), and published it as ''Sonata XI''.

Movements

The work consists of four

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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.)

References

Recorder sonatas by George Frideric Handel 1726 compositions Compositions in F major {{sonata-stub

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