Handel’s most important contributions to the genre are probably those in the choruses of his oratorios, which differ in only small ways from the keyboardįugues (two of the six keyboard fugues of 1735, for instance, ended up arranged as choruses in Israel in Egypt). Of pieces designated ‘fugue’, the most prominent being the Six Fugues or Voluntarys for the Organ or Harpsichord issued by Walsh in 1735. ![]() Handel’s focus on opera and oratorio, and the relative paucity of keyboard music from his pen, result in a very small number In contrast to the almost universal esteem accorded Bach’s fugues since at least the early 19th century, those of Handel have been somewhat neglected. All MIDI's | Composers: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | MIDI/ZIP |
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