Water Music / Music For The Royal Fireworks Hwv 348-351 (Set For The Harpsichord Or Organ) HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH

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Preface
Facsimiles
Water Musick:
Set for the Harpsichord (or Organ) by Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) (1743)
Suite I in F major HWV 348:
1 Ouverture in the Water Musick
Composer / Author: Rampe, Siegbert
2 Adagio e Staccato
3 Allegro
Composer / Author: Rampe, Siegbert
4 Adagio
5 Allegro
Composer / Author: Händel, Georg Friedrich
6 Aire
Composer / Author: Rampe, Siegbert
7 Minuet
8 Bourrée
9 Hornpipe
10 set by Siegbert Rampe
Suite II in D-major HWV 349:
11 Allegro
12 Alla Hornpipe
13 Minuet
14 Lentement
15 Bourée
Suite III in G-major HWV 350:
16 17-18 Rigaudon 1 and 2
19-20 Minuet 1 and 2
Composer / Author: Rampe, Siegbert
21-22 Gigue 1 and 2
Musick for the Royal Fireworks:
After the First Print (c 1749) set for the Harpsichord or Organ by Siegbert Rampe
Suite in D-major HWV 351:
Ouverture
Bouree
La PaixLargo alla Siciliana
La RéjouissanceAllegro
Menuet 1 and 2
Original edition set for the German Flute, Violin or Harpsichord:
By an Anonymous Musician (London, ca 1749)
Ouverture
Bouree
Largo alla Siciliana
Allegro
Menuet 1 and 2

Description :

Keyboard fireworks

As early as 1743, while Handel was still alive, Francesco Geminiani produced an arrangement of the "Water Music” for keyboard instruments, thereby making it possible to perform this popular work in domestic surroundings. Then, presumably in 1749, an unknown musician arranged the "Music for the Royal Fireworks” for transverse flute or violin and harpsichord.

In addition to these two contemporary versions, this edition also contains an arrangement by the editor for harpsichord or organ, based on the first edition. Though both early sources explicitly mention a harpsichord, the arrangements can also be performed effectively note-for-note on the organ.

As the surviving anonymous version merely places a solo part and a figured bass on a two-stave system, our edition is accompanied by performance material with one part each for transverse flute/oboe/violin and violoncello/double bass,plus a figured bass realisation.

- Musical text with arrangements by two Handel contemporaries as well as the editor's own arrangement for harpsichord or organ
- All editorial additions are clearly marked
- Equally effective when performed note-for-note on the organ