- What key is Water Music in?
- What occurred at the first performance of Handel's Water Music Suite?
- What period is Water Music?
- What instruments are in Water Music?
What key is Water Music in?
What occurred at the first performance of Handel's Water Music Suite?
First performance
At about 8 p.m. on Wednesday, 17 July 1717, King George I and several aristocrats boarded a royal barge at Whitehall Palace, for an excursion up the Thames toward Chelsea. The rising tide propelled the barge upstream without rowing.
What period is Water Music?
Handel's Water Music is made up of three orchestral suites, written for an outdoor performance for King George I on the Thames. Handel composed his wonderfully jolly Water Music around 1717. and it was first performed on 17 July that year, after George I requested a concert on the River Thames.
What instruments are in Water Music?
Handel responded with Water Music, which, according to one eyewitness, engaged an ensemble of flutes, recorders, oboes, bassoons, trumpets, horns, violins, and basses.