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HANDEL,
George
Frideric, 1685-1759
The Music for the Royal Fireworks /
Feuerwerksmusik, HWV 351. Concerti
HWV 335a & 335b.
British Library Manuscript R.M. 20.g.7. Facsimile. Introduction and
Commentary by Christoher
Hogwood / Eingeleitet und kommentiert von Christopher Hogwood.
[Musick
for the Royal Fireworks, orch,
HWV 351, autograph]
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Documenta Musicologica, II/32. Kassel, 2004. 4˚,
26, 70 pp. Handel's great outdoor piece for
strings and wind band. Halftone
of the 1749 autograph score, composed for the celebration of the Treaty
of Aix-la-Chapelle. The overture is the longest single instrumental
movement that Handel wrote and is scored for tpt 1-3 (x3), hn 1-3
(x3), ob 1-3 (x12, x8, x4), bsn 1-2 (x8, x4), timp (3 pairs), & bc.
The manuscript also includes 2 concerti, HWV 335a and 335b, intended as
interludes during oratorio performances, scored for strings, 2 ob, 2
tpt (only HWV 335a), 4 hn, bsn, timp, & bc (organ). This is a
fascinating score, in Handel’s forceful script, showing his erasures by
smudging, his clarifications by writing note letters over a correction,
and his normal abbreviations for colla parte using custodes. The
manuscript also bears evidence of arguments over scoring that went on
with the civil servants organizing the spectacle. Preface in Ger/Eng.
Hardbound. $68
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