This paper examines some formal aspects shown in Allegro movements from Handel`s violin sonatas, comparing with Corelli`s solo violin sonatas, published in 1700. In Corelli`s sonatas, Allegro movements with a repeat sign are more prominent than those without a repeat. In the movements without a repeat, there is no structural dominant at the end of the second main period and no reprise in the beginning of the third main period; on the other hand, in the movements with a repeat, the third main period begins with the reprise in the original key just after the second main period ends with vi or iii. In Handel`s spurious sonatas, HWV 372, 373, 368, 370, reprise is also shown after the cadence over vi or iii. But there is a great difference between Handel`s and Corelli`s: In Corelli`s, there is no retransition before the reprise, while the retransition leads to the reprise in Handel`s spurious sonatas. Handel`s reliable sonatas, HWV 361, 364a, 359b, 371, show advanced events in formal aspects, giving distinct differences with his spurious sonatas: they have retransition toward the structural dominant and reprise, which are not presented in the suspicious sonatas. This study would provide a logical base to estimate which pieces are real or spurious through the formal analyses.

• 안소영 | So-Yung Ahn