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Water Music Suite (arr Kanayama)
George Frideric Handel (arr. Tohru Kanayama)
General Info
Year: 1717 /
Duration: c. 8:30
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $60.00
Movements
1. Allegro – 2:45
2. Air – 2:25
3. Alla Hornpipe – 2:40
Instrumentation (Flexible)
Full Score
Part 1
- B-flat Soprano Saxophone
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
Part 2
- E-flat Alto Saxophone
- B-flat Trumpet
Part 3
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Horn in F
Part 4
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- B-flat Tenor Saxophone
- Trombone
- Euphonium
- Horn in F
Part 5
- E-flat Baritone Saxophone
- Tuba
- String Bass
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
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
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
- Air and Finale (arr. Balent) (1717/1989)
- Amen (arr. Grace)
- 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)
- Fughetta (tr. Conley) (1986)
- 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, Amen (arr. Barnes) (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)
- La Rejouissance from "Music for the Royal Fireworks" (arr. Seipp)
- 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)
- Menuetto from Symphony No. 104 "London" (arr. Glover)
- Messiah Overture (arr. Johnson) (1741/1966)
- The Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Boudreau) (1749/1959)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Erickson) (1749/1997)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (rescored Hindsley) (1749/197-?)
- Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. Leenhouts) (1749/2021)
- The Music for the Royal Fireworks (arr. 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
- 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) (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
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications, pp. 268.