Water Music (arr Longfield)

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel (arr. Robert Longfield)

Subtitle: Overture and Alla Hornpipe

General Info

Year: 1717 / 1997
Duration: c. 5:15
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Symphony
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $68.00   |   Score Only (print) - $6.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Shortly after the ascension of George I to the English throne, Handel was requested to compose some music for the occasion of an aquatic festival given by the king. This festival was held August 22, 1715, on the River Thames. For the occasion Handel wrote a suite of 20-odd pieces which were performed by a band of musicians under his direction. It is interesting to note that he composed the music for a group of wind instruments. Thus, we may regard the suite as an original band work. The musicians were seated upon a barge immediately following that of the king, and played continuously during the voyage from Limehouse to Whitehall.

- Program Note from Program Notes for Band

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

• Georgia: III
• Louisiana: IV
• Oklahoma: IV-A
• Tennessee: IV
• Texas: IV. Complete
• Virginia: V

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Symphonic Band (Kirk Saville, conductor) – 26 February 2020

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

• Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008/2014)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1741/2013)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1741/2003)
• Hornpipe from the "Water Music" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1717/2012)
• Handel's Largo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1738/2007)
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1746/2007)
• Water Music Suite (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1717)

All Wind Works

• Air and Finale (arr. Balent) (1717/1989)
• Amen (arr. Grace) (1741/2003)
• Antiphonal Alleluia (arr. Liebergen) (1746/1999)
• Ariodante Suite (arr. Elledge) (1735/2004)
• Arm, Arm, Ye Brave (arr. Barrow) (1746/1980)
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Allen) (1748/2007)
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Kenny) (1748/1988)
• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Ricketts) (1748/2004)
• Concerto Grosso, Op 6
• Concerto Op. 5, No. 6 (arr. Werle)
• Conquering Hero Comes, The, from "Judas Maccabeus"
• Dead March from "Saul"
• Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (arr. Marlatt) (1748/2011)
• Finale Grandioso (arr. Philip Gordon) (1724/1973)
• Fughetta (tr. Conley) (/1986)
• The Gods Go A-Begging (arr. Beecham; arr. Duthoit; rev. Leidzen) (1929/1947)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008/2014)
• Hallelujah (arr. Davis and Longfield) (1741/2004)
• Hallelujah, Amen (arr. Barnes) (1741/1986)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr Ades) (1741/1958)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Barnes) (1741/1988)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Chiaffarelli) (1741/1941)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Glover) (1741/2016)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Johnson) (1741/1951)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Longfield) (1741/1994)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Rondeau) (1741/2010)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1741/2013)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1741/2003)
• A Handel Celebration (arr. Erickson) (1985)
• Handel's Largo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1738/2007)
• The Harmonious Blacksmith (arr. Osterling) (1720/1992)
• The Harmonious Blacksmith (arr. Syler) (1720/2020)
• Hear Me, Ye Winds and Waves (arr. Barrow) (1726/1973)
• Hornpipe from the "Water Music" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1717/2012)
• Hornpipe from "Water Music Suite" (1717/)
• La Rejouissance (arr. Williams) (1749/1996)
• La Rejouissance from "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (arr. Seipp) (1749/1994)
• Larghetto (arr. Bullock) (1738/1994)
• Larghetto (arr. Molenaar) (1739-40/1955)
• Largo (arr. Barnes) (1738/1988)
• Largo (arr. Fagan) (1738/2004)
• Largo (arr. Hautvast) (1738/)
• Lascia Ch'io Pianga (arr. Tamura) (1711/2014)
• Let Me Weep (arr. Haan) (1711/2004)
• March and Gavotte (arr. King) (1705/1956/1990)
• Menuet Varié (Clarinet Choir) (arr. Hautvast) (/2011)
• Menuet Varié (Saxophone Quartet) (arr. Hautvast) (/2011)
• Messiah Overture (arr. Johnson) (1741/1966)
• The Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Boudreau) (1749/1959)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Brubaker) (1749/2005)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Erickson) (1749/1997)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (rescored Hindsley) (1749/197-?)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (ed. Hogwood) (1749/2009)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Leenhouts) (1749/2021)
• The Music for the Royal Fireworks (ed. Mackerras and Baines) (1749/1960)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (ed. Rodenmacher) (1749/)
• Music for Two Wind Bands (arr. Schaefer) (1977)
• No Shade So Rare (arr. Forsblad) (1738/1999)
• An Occasional Suite (arr. Osterling) (1746/1958)
• Overture in D Minor (arr. Wüthrich) (1817/1995)
• Passacaglia (arr. Longfield) (c. 1720/2014)
• Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Sartorius) (1749/1941)
• Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Schaefer) (1749/1982)
• Sarabande (arr. Daehn) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
• Sarabande (arr. Gingery) (1703-1706/1733/1976)
• Sarabande (arr. Van Grevenbroek) (1703-1706/1733/2012)
• Sarabande (arr. Hautvast) (1703-1706/1733/2004)
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1746/2007)
• Slow March from "Scipio"
• Song of Jupiter (arr. Anderson) (1743/1952)
• Suite from "Messiah" (trans. Curnow) (1741/1989)
• A Suite of Baroque Dances (arr. Kinyon) (1979/1995)
• Thanks Be to Thee
• Three Chorales for Band (with Pasquini and Tchaikovsky; arr. Thornton) (1992/2004)
• Three Movement from "Water Music" (arr. Wagner) (1715/2014)
• Water Music (arr. Longfield) (1717/1997)
• Water Music Suite (arr. Erickson) (1717/1985)
• Water Music Suite (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Kanayama) (1717)
• Water Music Suite (arr. Kay) (1717/1950)
• Zadok the Priest

Resources

• Handel, G.; Longfield, R. (1997). Water Music: Overture and Alla Hornpipe [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
• Perusal score
• Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 268