The Keyboard suite in D minor (437) was composed by George Frideric Handel, for solo keyboard (

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), between 1703 and 1706. It is also referred to as '' Vol. 2 No. 4''. It was first published in 1733.

Movements

The work consists of five movements:

In popular culture

The Sarabande was used in an orchestral arrangement for the

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'' (1975). It was used for the funeral of a Venetian printer in James Burke's Connections. Dutch singer Petra Berger used the Sarabande as the musical setting for her song about

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, "Still a Queen (In My End Is My Beginning)", from her album ''Eternal Woman'' (2001). The Sarabande was featured in the episode "Warp and Weft" (2017; S02E03) of the second season of the ITV

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'' Victoria''. An orchestral version of the Sarabande was used on the first episode of ''

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'' (2018), a television mini-series based on the

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'' The A.B.C. Murders'' (1936), starring

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as Poirot.

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's Modern life is goodish uses it to accompany his 'found poetry'.

References

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* Suites by George Frideric Handel 1706 compositions Compositions in D minor {{Classical-composition-stub zh-yue:D 小調鍵盤組曲 HMV 437

Movements

In popular culture

See also

References

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