This is "Sarabande" by Handel:
See, I mean, hear the similarities?
Which reminds me of this fascinating article written about Bach's and Handel's influence on future generations:
http://www.musicanthology.org/?p=5
Which reminds me of this fascinating article written about Bach's and Handel's influence on future generations:
http://www.musicanthology.org/?p=5
Totally agree with you, both pieces sound quite similar, although both pieces of music are fine in their own right, but for me the similarity is either a great coincidence or maybe Beethoven was being clever...?
ReplyDeleteIt could be a deliberate allusion, but I think the thing with music is that sometimes a composer might think a tune is from their own head but they've actually heard it somewhere.
DeleteI know each of these pieces, absolutely love them, and i simply can never remember which is which. This annoys me no end.
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