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Score String Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.368117 For String Orchestra Score. Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Phillip Clark. Southern Music Orchestra. Classical. Softcover. 11 pages. Duration 360 seconds. Southern Music Company #SO149FS. Published by Southern Music Company (HL.368117). ISBN 9781581069600. UPC: 840126967425. 9.0x12.0x0.044 inches.In the key of G Major, the work begins with a Moderato where dotted rhythms are abundant. A brief Adagio intervenes and we continue with a slightly fugal, crisply rhythmic Allegro, with 16th note passage work for the upper strings. After another brief Adagio, Handel finishes with a lyric Minuet. All sections are active throughout. This Overture is a wonderful introduction to the Baroque period and the bowing and ornamental styles that go with it.