The Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in G minor, HWV 287 is a first edition. Although published in the Handel Complete Edition, IV/12 for  oboe in 1971, the work has for many years been considered spurious because no contemporary source existed.<br>
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This concerto was thought to have been written by an amateur musician who borrowed material from Handel's works written or published after 1733. The situation changed drastically when a contemporary set of parts for the concerto, originally  copied in  Stuttgart  for the  Erbprinz  Friedrich Ludwig von Württemberg,  were  found in 1993. These parts,  copied about 1720, show that the composer borrowed from this concerto for  compositions  such as the organ concerto HWV 296a, the concerto  grosso  op. 6 No.11, HWV 329  as well as the trio sonata in G minor, HWV 390. The parts are titled Concerto à  5 for 1  Flut  Travers e  Hautb , 2  Violino ,  1 Alto Viola Col Basso continuo. This new critical edition by  Terence Best is the first to make use of this new source. The score contains a  lengthy  preface and critical commentary.<br>