Oboe concerto No. 3 (Handel)
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The Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor (HWV 287) was composed by George Frideric Handel
for oboe, orchestra and basso continuo, possibly in 1704-1705, when he was still in Hamburg
. The work is also referred to as Oboe concerto No. 3. It was first published in Leipzig in 1863 (from unknown sources) in which it was described as a work from 1703. No other source for the work is known. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG
xxi,100; and HHA
iv/12,3.
A typical performance of the work takes almost ten minutes.
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George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
for oboe, orchestra and basso continuo, possibly in 1704-1705, when he was still in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. The work is also referred to as Oboe concerto No. 3. It was first published in Leipzig in 1863 (from unknown sources) in which it was described as a work from 1703. No other source for the work is known. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG
Händel-Gesellschaft
Between 1858 and 1902, the Händel-Gesellschaft, or "German Handel Society," produced a collected 105-volume edition of the works of Georg Frideric Handel. Even though the collection was initiated by the society, many of the volumes were published by Friedrich Chrysander working alone...
xxi,100; and HHA
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe
The Hallische Händel-Ausgabe is a multi-volume collection of the works of George Frideric Handel. It was first published in the 1950s: initially as an adjunct to the HG edition, but by 1958 as a collected edition in its own right...
iv/12,3.
A typical performance of the work takes almost ten minutes.
Movements
The work consists of four movementsMovement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
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| Movement | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grave | A characteristically dotted rhythm in French style. |
| 2 | Allegro | |
| 3 | Largo | A sarabande Sarabande In music, the sarabande is a dance in triple metre. The second and third beats of each measure are often tied, giving the dance a distinctive rhythm of quarter notes and eighth notes in alternation... . |
| 4 | Allegro | Thematically derived from the first movement. |