Orchestra (1(picc).2.0.1.
- 2.2.0.0. - str - bc)
SKU: BR.PB-4371
Former name Concerto
grosso No. 25 -
Urtext. Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Edited by Wilhelm
Pfannkuch. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Handel composed his
Water Music for none
other than King George I
who requested a concert
for guests invited to his
pleasure cruise on the
Thames.
Concerto
grosso; Baroque. Full
score. 92 pages. Duration
45'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #PB 4371.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-4371).
ISBN 9790004202920. 9
x 12
inches.
According
to the Daily Courant, the
premiere took place as
follows: On Wednesday
Evening, at about 8, the
King took to Water at
Whitehall in an open
Barge, wherein were
Dutchess of Bolton, The
Dutchess of New Castle,
the Countess of
Godolphin, Madam
Kilmaseck, and the Earl
of Orkney. And went up
the River towards
Chelsea. Many other of
Barges with Person of
Quality attended, and so
the great Number of
Boats, that the whole
River in a manner was
couver'd; a City
Company's Barge was
employ'd for the Musick,
wherein were 50
Instruments of all sorts,
Who play'd all the way
from Lambeth (while the
Barges drove with the
Tide without Rowing, as
far as Chelsea) the
finest Symphonies,
compos'd express for this
Occasion, by Mr Hendel:
which his Majesty liked
so well, that he caus'd
it to be play'd over
three times in going and
returning. At Eleven his
Majesty came again into
Barge, and return'd the
same Way, the Musick
continuing to play till
he landed.
Handel
composed his Water Music
for none other than King
George I who requested a
concert for guests
invited to his pleasure
cruise on the Thames.
