in 1974 a new edition of three recorder sonatas under the same name was made by the german musicologist klaus hofmann. this edition restored the d minor sonata to its original seven-movement form, and added as no. 3 the sonata in g major, hwv 358, probably composed much earlier than the other two fitzwilliam recorder sonatas, at some time between 1707 and 1710. even with correction of an evidently defective, very high passage at the end of the third movement, hofmann admits that "handel must have been counting on a superlative instrumental soloist", and suggests that "perhaps an instrument in g' ought also to be kept in mind" (as opposed to the usual alto recorder in f'). the attribution of this sonata to the recorder is contested, however. both david lasocki and terence best assign it to the violin, whereas jean-claude veilhan endorses hofmann's view, and winfried michel acknowledges the possibility.