WATER MUSIC AND MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS
BY: GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

FORMAT: MUSIC SCORE
PAGE: 92

DESCRIPTION:
-TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR BAROQUE ORCHESTRAL WORKS IN THE REPERTOIRE APPEAR HERE IN A SINGLE VOLUME. FULL OF CHARM AND TREMENDOUS VARIETY, WATER MUSIC FEATURES A COLORFUL BLEND OF CONCERTO AND DANCE SUITES AND PRESENTS THE FIRST GREAT PEAK IN HANDEL`S ORCHESTRAL MUSIC. THIS SUITE IS EXPANSIVE, UNFLAGGINGLY INSPIRED OUTDOOR MUSIC, WRITTEN FOR A LARGE ORCHESTRA MANIPULATED WITH SOVEREIGN SKILL. MUSIC FOR THE ROYAL FIREWORKS — COMPOSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PEACE OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE — IS SPECIALLY NOTED FOR ITS BRILLIANT OVERTURE AND COMBINATION OF TUNEFULNESS AND GRANDEUR. FOR A PUBLIC REHEARSAL OF THIS CELEBRATORY MUSIC, A CROWD OF SOME 12,000 STOPPED ALL TRAFFIC ON LONDON BRIDGE IN ORDER TO WITNESS THE DISTINGUISHED COMPOSER — A GREAT AND POPULAR FAVORITE OF HIS TIME AND EVER SINCE.

-REPRODUCED HERE FROM AN AUTHORITATIVE EARLY EDITION, BOTH WORKS APPEAR IN FULL SCORE WITH BAR-NUMBERED MOVEMENTS FOR EASY REFERENCE. IDEAL FOR STUDY IN THE CLASSROOM, AT HOME, OR IN THE CONCERT HALL, THIS AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY, CONVENIENTLY SIZED VOLUME WILL BE THE EDITION OF CHOICE FOR MUSIC STUDENTS AND MUSIC LOVERS ALIKE.

-REPRINT OF THE DEUTSCHE HÄNDELGESELLSCHAFT EDITION.