Preview: Concerto Grosso Opus 3 No. 1 in B falt Major
Listen
Look
Concerto Grosso Opus 3 No. 1 in B falt Major
Share
Details
- Ensembles
- Genres
- Formats
- Instructionals
- Levels
- Usages
Description
SKU: S0.699795
Composed by Gerorge F. Handel. Baroque Period,Repertoire,European,Recital. Score,Set of Parts. 72 pages. Published by Arte Nova Music Lab (S0.699795).The Concerti Grossi, Op. 3, HWV 312–317, are six concerti grossi by George Frideric
Handel compiled into a set and published by John Walsh in 1734. Musicologists now agree
that Handel had no initial knowledge of the publishing. Instead, Walsh, seeking to take
advantage of the commercial success of Corelli's Opus 6 Concerti Grossi, simply combined
several of Handel's already existing works and grouped them into six "concertos".
The structure of Op. 3 is somewhat unusual. The six concertos have anything between two
and five movements, but only one of them contains the usual four movements. Only
occasionally are the instrumental forces set in the traditional concerto grosso manner: a tutti
group and a contrasting, soloistic concertino group. However, the concertos are filled with
virtuoso solo passages for both the strings and the woodwinds, thus maintaining the form of
the concerto grosso despite the lack of traditional contrasting forces.
Concerto Grosso in B♭ major, Op. 3, No. 1 – HWV 312
The first and probably earliest concerto of the set is scored for two recorders, two oboes, two
bassoons, strings (with divided viola), and continuo. It is unusual in that only its first
movement is in the tonic key of B♭ major—the other two are in the relative minor, G minor.
I. Allegro
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerti_Grossi,_Op._3_(Handel)
Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play!
PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).