(1735), whilst in the "Menuet" in the Water Music (1715) several "flauti piccoli" play in unison with the
Handel'sRinaldo. Cadenza for Piccolo.
strings, but it is doubtful whether the names of these instruments were specified by the composer. The compass used in the passage in Alcina is from F′ to G′′ only,
but those in Rinaldo and Riccardo extend to the D′′′ above this, and that in the Water Music to the high E′′′, Probably all these passages were written for a small flute-à-bec, and not for a transverse piccolo, which would therefore appear never to have been used by Handel; but it is to be noticed that in some cases they
![\new Staff = "piccolo" \with {midiInstrument = "flute"} \relative c'' {
\transposition c'
\key g \major
\tempo "Adagio"
\autoBeamOff
r4 r8 r16 d g8.[ d16 g8. d16]
\autoBeamOn
g16. d32 g16. d32
g d g d g d g d
e d c d e fis g a
fis e d e fis g a b
g fis e fis g a b c
a g fis g a b c d
b d c b a c b a
g b a g fis a g fis
e c' b c a b g a
fis g e fis d e c d
b d g d b d g d
c e g e c e g e
c e a e c e a e
d fis a fis d fis a fis
g b d b g b d b
fis a d a fis a d a
g b d b g b d b
a c a c a d c d
b c a b g b a g
g d e fis g a b c
d2~ d4~ d8. g,16
fis16. c32 b16. a32 a8. g16 g4\fermata
}](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/t/2/t297qv1ld5lb01fnor6ni9ieuka8z24/t297qv1l.png)
