Händel - Sarabande: Why Only 2 Variations?

[@SunsetGuitarist]

Great job ❤

[@arkerem3855]

thank you for this poulet !

[@DJKLProductions]

Actually, with your improvisation on the Sarabande, you have already explained why Handel only wrote down the basic material and two variations: in the Baroque period, the repetition was traditionally slightly varied by improvising ornaments, playing around the melody and the bass line. It was therefore the performer's role to embellish the pieces himself while playing in order to show off his skills.

[@shimon.berlin]

Yes, you are right! But….;) in HWV 442 he wrote 62 variations and HWV 484 - 49 variations