Water Music
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Water Music is a celebrated orchestral suite by Baroque composer George Frideric Handel, originally written for a royal outdoor performance on the River Thames.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Water Music canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque music work
ⓘ
composition ⓘ orchestral suite ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber |
HWV 348
ⓘ
Handel’s Water Music ⓘ
surface form:
HWV 349
Handel’s Water Music ⓘ
surface form:
HWV 350
|
| commissionedBy |
George I of Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
King George I of Great Britain
|
| composedIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| composer | George Frideric Handel ⓘ |
| dateOfFirstPerformance | 1717 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
George I of Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
King George I of Great Britain
|
| firstPerformanceCity |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| firstPerformanceCountry | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation |
Thames
ⓘ
surface form:
River Thames
|
| form | suite ⓘ |
| genre | Baroque ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Handel’s Water Music ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Suite in D major
ⓘ
Suite in F major ⓘ Suite in G major ⓘ |
| hasRecording | numerous commercial recordings ⓘ |
| includesMovementType |
air
ⓘ
alla hornpipe ⓘ bourrée ⓘ hornpipe ⓘ minuet ⓘ overture ⓘ |
| influenced | later orchestral suite repertoire ⓘ |
| intendedPerformanceContext |
outdoor performance
ⓘ
performance on boats ⓘ |
| isAmongBestKnownWorksOf | George Frideric Handel ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyPerformed | true ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| notableInstrumentation |
basso continuo
ⓘ
bassoons ⓘ horns ⓘ oboes ⓘ strings ⓘ trumpets ⓘ |
| occasion |
outdoor royal entertainment
ⓘ
royal boating party ⓘ |
| period | Baroque era ⓘ |
| scoredFor | orchestra ⓘ |
| style | orchestral dance suite ⓘ |
| usesDanceForms |
French dance forms
ⓘ
German dance forms ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.