'Hornpipe' from the Water Music, arranged for four flutes and piano (arr. Brett Thompson) by G F Handel Sheet Music for Performance Ensemble at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist G F Handel

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer G F Handel

Arranger Brett Thompson

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 15

Arrangement Performance Ensemble

Publisher Brett Thompson

Level 3

Product ID 947723

Genre Baroque

Instruments Flute Piano

Product Description

Handels Water Music premiered on 17 July 1717 after King George I had requested a concert on the River Thames. The royal party and approximately 50 musicians were assembled on barges and made a return trip from Whitehall Palace to Chelsea. According to the Daily Courant The King was so pleased with the music that he ordered it to be repeated three times. The Thames was reported to have been covered with boats and barges of Londoners who took to the river to listen. This exciting arrangement of this loved work is unabridged and features important solo sections in the piano part as well as the flutes, preserving the elegant concertante style of the original. If you would like to watch a full video preview, or prefer this product formatted for A4 paper size, please visit: http://www.fourandtwentymusic.com/pieces/hornpipe-water-music/

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