Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Handel's_Music_for_the_Royal_Fireworks
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:HWV_351
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:King_George_II_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:composer gptkb:George_Frideric_Handel
gptkbp:date 1749
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:King_George_II_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:genre Baroque music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks
gptkbp:language instrumental
gptkbp:laterInstrumentation orchestra with strings
gptkbp:movement gptkb:Overture
gptkb:Menuets_I_and_II
gptkb:La_Paix_(The_Peace)
gptkb:La_Réjouissance_(The_Rejoicing)
gptkb:Bourrée
gptkbp:notableEvent fire broke out during premiere fireworks display
gptkbp:notablePerformance 1749 public rehearsal at Vauxhall Gardens
gptkbp:originalInstrumentation wind instruments and percussion
gptkbp:premiereDate 27 April 1749
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Green_Park,_London
gptkbp:purpose celebration of the end of the War of the Austrian Succession
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_English_Concert
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7