Music Set #231 - Händel - Water Music

George Frideric Händel 
(1685 - 1759)

Handel & KG1 on the Thames

Water Music  
After the coronation of King George I in London, there was a grand water party on the Thames River.  As the royal boats floated down the Thames, all the musicians on boats competed for his attention.  Suddenly from a boat at the rear, Handel conducted his Water Music (in pipe-horn), louder than all others.

  
* Water Music, Suite Nº 2 in D Major, Alla Hornpipe (literally Hornpipe and Air)  
                   

* Water Music - a 47-minute version with musicians and dancers dressed accordingly.
           
KG1 liked this piece, and re-hired Handel as court musician; a while ago he had fired Handel who spent too much time on London, away from Hanover.