Handel HISTORY & TUTORIAL “The Harmonious Blacksmith” (dur: 40 mins) P. Barton, FEURICH piano

⬇︎FREE sheet music links + read more below⬇︎ In this tutorial we look at Handel’s life story and the “The Harmonious Blacksmith” with practice tips for each variation.

Introduction: 00:00
Handel Biography: 02:40
4 Sheet Music Editions: 06:56
Performance “The Harmonious Blacksmith” (complete) 08:56
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TUTORIAL
Aria: 14:00
Variation 1: 16:22
variation 2: 19:18
Variation 3: 22:44
Variation 4: 28:02
Variation 5: 31:48
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FREE sheet music in public domain from IMSLP Music Library: Suite in E major, HWV 430 (Handel, George Frideric)

1) Simplified Edition in F major: Henry Maylath
https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks...

2) Wanda Landowska:
https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks...

3) Hans von Bülow
https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks...

4) Pierre Gouin (featured in video)
https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks...

Access to all free editions in IMSLP
https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_in_E_maj...)
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Links to free sheet music of 4 of Handel’s best known compositions in solo piano arrangements:

1) Oratorio “Messiah” especially the ‘Hallelujah’ chorus.
Piano solo: https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks...

2) ‘Water Music’ written to be played on a boat as the King travelled along the river Thames in London.
https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks...

3) Music for the Royal Fireworks’ was written to be played at a fireworks display.
https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks...

4) Zadok the Priest’ written for the coronation of George II and used at every British coronation ever since.
https://imslp.simssa.ca/files/imglnks...
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All of Handel’s sheet music work can be downloaded from the main Handel page at https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Hande...

If the IMSLP link doesn’t work for you, try this: https://tinyurl.com/y87f2l44

If you are interested in piano arrangements, select the “Arrangements and Transcriptions” tab.
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*Please note the featured Pierre Gouin edition sheet music in this video is not the edition I used to make this recording but is an edition in the public domain I can freely show online. The dynamics and touch in this recording are my own and don’t follow any edition of this work.

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