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  • December 17, 2010 at 9:45 pm #166229
    HBrock25
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    Ok, I am trying to track down exactly which version of the Handel Harp Concerto I am supposed to learn for an upcoming performance at the end of Jan. I have already learned the Lawrence version. The best information I can find about this arrangement is that the publisher is

    December 24, 2010 at 5:55 pm #166230
    Saul Davis Zlatkovski
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    Your post is unclear. Why can’t you perform what you know? It will fit with the orchestration in exactly the same way. The original score only gives the melody and bass, which is only the bare bones. One does not only play those lines, you are expected to complete the harmonies according to the figured bass, and add something to that as well in baroque practice. Only a competition could specify a particular edition, seems to me.

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