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The Water Music (German: Wassermusik) is a collection of orchestral movements, often published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to King George I 's request for a concert on the River Thames .
George Frideric Handel's Water Music: 16. Sarabande (Suite No. 3 in G, HWV 350: I. Sarabande) performed by the Marine Chamber Orchestra of the United States Marine Band on January 29, 2017 in the Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, VA. Conducted by Major Michelle Rakers. Composition date: 17 July 1717: Performance date: 29 January 2017: Source
This set of sound files is the entire Water Music Suite in D Major by George Frideric Handel. It is a good quality set, and it also has one very famous movement, II. Alla Hornpipe. This sound file appears in Water Music (Handel). Nominate and support. X clamation point 04:06, 7 January 2009 (UTC) Please give the details of the recording.
This recording was selected by The National Recording Registry for the recorded sound section of the Library of Congress in 2004 as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically important." The choir and orchestra had a long history, going back to 1936. This recording was made in 1958 and has set a standard for classical music recordings.
As a composer, Harty's best-known works from this period are his lavish reorchestrations of Handel's Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks. [4] Harty was knighted in 1925. [1] In 1926 he commissioned a symphony from Moeran, whose Symphony in G minor (1937) was the result, but Harty was too ill to conduct the premiere.
The prelude did not appear in the first edition published by John Walsh [2] and was taken from Handel's keyboard suite HWV 428. HWV 561 is another version of the prelude. [citation needed] 2 Allemande: 108 ii, 81 iv/5, 29 3 Courante: 109 ii, 82 iv/5, 30 4 Sarabande: 110 ii, 82 iv/5, 31
2002: Handel: Water Music & Royal Fireworks (Telarc CD 83544) 2001: Baroque Favorites. Jazz Improvisations: Works by Handel, Marais, Scarlatti, Marcello, Albinoni (Telarc CD 83516) 2000: Play Bach No. 5 (Decca 159 194-2) 2000: Play Bach aux Champs Élysées (Decca) 2000: Play Bach No. 4 (Decca 157 893-2) 2000: Play Bach No. 3 (Decca 157 892-2)
Water Music is a 1717 composition by George Frideric Handel. Water Music may also refer to: Water Music (Telemann) (Hamburger Ebb und Fluth), a a1723 orchestral suite by Georg Philipp Telemann; Water Music, a 1952 performance piece by John Cage; Water Music, a 1982 novel by T. C. Boyle; Water Music, a 2003 photography book by Marjorie Ryerson