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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 .
The Harmonious Blacksmith is the popular name of the final movement, Air and variations, of George Frideric Handel's Suite No. 5 in E major, HWV 430, for harpsichord.This instrumental air was one of the first works for harpsichord published by Handel and is made up of four movements. [1]
A version of the air from the "Water Music" (HWV 348–350) 465 Air and two Doubles F major c. 1710–1720 466 Air G minor c. 1710–1720 For two-manual harpsichord (or possibly organ) 467 Air Lentement G minor c. 1710–1720 468 Air A major c. 1727–1728 469 Air B-flat major c. 1738–1739
George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (/ ˈ h æ n d əl / HAN-dəl; [a] baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel, [b] German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ⓘ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) [3] [c] was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
Handel's Water Music, although it was composed more than thirty years earlier, is often paired with the Music for the Royal Fireworks as both were written for outdoor performance. Older recordings tend to use arrangements of Handel's score for the modern orchestra, for example, the arrangements by Hamilton Harty (1923) and Leopold Stokowski.
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.
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[1] [2] Johann Christoph Pepusch was Master of Music, having taken up his post before Handel's arrival. [3] [4] The interior of St Lawrence's Church. During his stay, Handel composed anthems which became known as the Chandos Anthems, for use in Anglican church services. Brydges had a chapel built, but it was still under construction when Handel ...