Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (Fireworks Music; Concerto Grosso No. 26) (critical edition) by George Frideric Handel Concert Band - Sheet Music

By George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Händel (1685-1759) was contracted to write Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 in 1749 by George II of Great Britain to be performed in London's Green Park on April 27 of that year as a celebration for the end of the War of the Austrian Succession. The suite was originally written entirely for wind instruments, as King George preferred only military instruments and expressed a desire that there be no fiddles, so Händel reluctantly omitted the strings. The original wind band scoring consisted of 24 oboes, 12 bassoons and a contrabassoon, nine natural trumpets, nine natural horns, three timpani, and side drums, who were directly to play ad libitum as Händel wrote nothing for them. Händel re-scored the work for orchestra for a performance on May 27, 1749, at the Foundling Hospital, although the demand for the large winds remained. This edition of the orchestral score was completed by Hans Ferdinand Redlich in 1962 and was published as part of the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. Instrumentation: 0.3.0.2+CBsn: 3.3.0.0: Timp: Hpschrd: Str (4-4-3-3-3 in set) (composer calls for tripling and quadrupling of wind parts, included in set).

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Ensembles:
Concert Band Full Orchestra
Genres:
Baroque Period
Composers:
George Frideric Handel
Publishers:
LudwigMasters Publications
UPC:
659359907708
ISBN:
9798888527610
Format:
Conductor Score Critical Reports
Item types:
Physical
Musical forms:
Concerto
Artist:
George Frideric Handel
Usages:
School and Community
Shipping Weight:
0.44 pounds

Concert Band; Orchestra 0.3.0.2+CBsn: 3.3.0.0: Timp: Hpschrd: Str (4-4-3-3-3 in set) (composer calls for tripling and quadrupling of wind parts, included in set)

SKU: AP.36-A815401

Composed by George Frideric Handel. Arranged by Hans Ferdinand Redlich. Full Orchestra, Conductor Score. Kalmus Critical Editions. Score. LudwigMasters Publications #36-A815401. Published by LudwigMasters Publications (AP.36-A815401).

ISBN 9798888527610. UPC: 659359907708. English.

George Frideric Händel (1685-1759) was contracted to write Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 in 1749 by George II of Great Britain to be performed in London's Green Park on April 27 of that year as a celebration for the end of the War of the Austrian Succession. The suite was originally written entirely for wind instruments, as King George preferred only military instruments and expressed a desire that there be no fiddles, so Händel reluctantly omitted the strings. The original wind band scoring consisted of 24 oboes, 12 bassoons and a contrabassoon, nine natural trumpets, nine natural horns, three timpani, and side drums, who were directly to play ad libitum as Händel wrote nothing for them. Händel re-scored the work for orchestra for a performance on May 27, 1749, at the Foundling Hospital, although the demand for the large winds remained. This edition of the orchestral score was completed by Hans Ferdinand Redlich in 1962 and was published as part of the Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. Instrumentation: 0.3.0.2+CBsn: 3.3.0.0: Timp: Hpschrd: Str (4-4-3-3-3 in set) (composer calls for tripling and quadrupling of wind parts, included in set).

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