Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Schaefer)

George Frideric Handel

George Frideric Handel (arr. William F. Schaefer)

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This work bears the designation HWV 351.

General Info

Year: 1749 / 1982
Duration:
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Alfred Music Pub.
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.

Movements

1. Overture
2. Bourée
3. The Peace
4. The Rejoicing
5. Minuet

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Written for an outdoor performance in 1749, Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks exemplifies early Classical conventions of notation. Unless the edition used includes modern annotations, performers must possess an understanding of Classical performance practices, including the interpretation of dotted rhythms, trills, and articulation styles.

- Program Note from Great Music for Wind Band

The Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351) is a suite in D major for wind instruments 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. The music celebrates the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) in 1748. The work was very popular when first performed and following Handel’s death. Mozart called the work a “spectacle of English pride and joy.”

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Kansas: V
• Louisiana: V
• Texas: V. Complete

Performances

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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

• Amen (arr. Grace)
• Antiphonal Alleluia (arr. Liebergen) (1746/1999)
• 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
• 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)
• The Gods Go A-Begging (arr. Beecham; arr. Duthoit; rev. Leidzen) (1929/1947)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (arr. Marlatt) (2008)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Marlatt) (1746/2008/2014)
• Hallelujah (arr. Davis and Longfield) (1741/2004)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr Ades) (1741/1958)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Barnes) (1741/1988)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Chiaffarelli) (1741/1941)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Johnson) (1741/1951)
• Hallelujah Chorus (arr. Rondeau) (1741/2010)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1741/2013)
• Hallelujah Chorus (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Thorp) (1741/2003)
• Handel's Largo (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1738/2007)
• Hornpipe from the "Water Music" (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1717/2012)
• Hornpipe from "Water Music Suite" (1717)
• La Rejouissance (arr. Williams)
• La Rejouissance from "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (arr. Seipp)
• Larghetto (arr. Bullock) (1738/1994)
• Largo (arr. Barnes) (1988)
• Let Me Weep (arr. Haan) (1711/2004)
• March and Gavotte (arr. King) (1705/1956/1990)
• Menuetto from Symphony No. 104 "London" (arr. Glover)
• Messiah Overture (arr. Johnson) (1741/1966)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Erickson) (1749/1997)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks, The (arr Boudreau) (arr. Boudreau) (1749/1959)
• Music for the Royal Fireworks, The (arr Mackerras) (arr. Mackerras and Baines) (1749/1960)
• No Shade So Rare (arr. Forsblad) (1738/1999)
• Overture in D Minor
• Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Sartorius) (1749/1941)
• Royal Fireworks Music (arr. Schaefer) (1749/1982)
• Sarabande
• See the Conquering Hero Comes (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Brand) (1746/2007)
• Slow March from "Scipio"
• Song of Jupiter (arr. Anderson) (1952)
• Suite from "Messiah" (trans. Curnow) (1741/1989)
• 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.; Schaefer, W. (1982). The Royal Fireworks Music [score]. Highland Music. Co.: Norwalk, Calif.
• Music for the Royal Fireworks. Wikipedia. Accessed 19 October 2020
• Nicholson, Chad. (2009). Great Music for Wind Band: A Guide to the Top 100 Works in Grades IV, V, VI.’’ Galesville, MD: Meredith Music Publications. pp 50-51.