title: Violin sonata in D minor (HWV 359a)
text: # Violin sonata in D minor (HWV 359a)
  
  The Violin sonata in D minor (HWV 359a) was composed (c. 1724) by George Frideric Handel, for violin and keyboard (harpsichord). The work is also referred to as HHA iv/18,10. (There is no HG designation for the work.)
  
  The work is headed "Sonata 2", and follows the G minor sonata in the Fitzwilliam Museum autograph. The sonata (for violin) was not one of the ones published by either Walsh or Chrysander; however, it was reworked as a flute sonata in E minor (HWV 359b) in both their publications.
  
  A typical performance of the work takes just over seven minutes.
  
  ## Movements
  
  The work consists of four movements:
  
  | Movement | Type |
  | - | - |
  | 1 | Grave |
  | 2 | Allegro |
  | 3 | Adagio |
  | 4 | Allegro |
  