작곡가

:   George Frederick Handel (조지 프리더릭 헨델)

장르

:  

Orchestral

스타일

:  

Suite

작곡년도

:   1749

평균연주

:   19:14

악장

1

Overture. Adagio - Allegro - Lentement

8:04

2

Bourrée

1:44

3

La paix. Largo alla Siciliana

3:25

4

La réjouissance. Allegro

2:43

5

Menuet 1

1:46

6

Menuet 2

2:07

The Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351) is a wind band suite composed by George Frideric Handel in 1749 under contract of George II of Great Britain for the fireworks in London's Green Park on 27 April 1749. It was to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748.
During the preparations Handel and John Montagu, responsible for the Royal Fireworks, had an argument about adding violins.. The duke made clear to Handel the King George II had a preference for only wind instruments and drums. Handel left out the string instruments and against his will there was also a full rehearsal of the music at Vauxhall Gardens and not in Green Park. On 21 April 1749 over twelve thousand people, each paying 2/6 (that is, two shillings and six pence) rushed for it, causing a three-hour traffic jam of carriages on the London Bridge, the only route to the area south of the river.

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