Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (Handel, George Frideric)
| Title | Music for the Royal Fireworks |
| Alternative title | Fireworks Music ; Feuerwerksmusik |
| Creators | George Frideric Handel, composer |
| Opus | HWV 351 |
| Instrumentation | orchestra |
| Number of movements | 5 |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1749 |
| First published | 1749 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Suites |
| Period | Baroque |
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Sections
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Metronome | Key | Measures |
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| Ouverture: Adagio, Allegro, Lentement, Allegro | — | D major | 257 |
| Bourrée | — | d minor | 26 |
| La Paix: Largo alla siciliana | — | D major | 16 |
| La Réjouissance: Allegro | — | D major | 18 |
| Menuet I and II | — | d minor, D major | 16 |
Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| View | Complete | piano and orchestra | Kees Schoonenbeek |
| View | Complete | orchestra | Moisés Cantos |
| View | Complete | 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba | Michel Rondeau |
| View | Complete | flute and continuo violin and continuo harpsichord |
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| View | Complete | organ | Angelo Maria Trovato |
| View | Selections | orchestra | Hamilton Harty |
| View | Selections | orchestra | José Ramón Hernández Bellido |
| View | Selections | 4 recorders | R.D. Tennent |
| View | Selections | 2 violins, viola and cello | Ignacio Massun |
| View | Overture (No.1) | orchestra | Franz Wüllner |
| View | Overture (No.1) | wind band | Jan Van Duffel |
| View | Overture (No.1) | 5 accordions and timpani | Paul De Bra |
| View | Overture (No.1) | 11 recorders | David Edward Kemp |
| View | Overture (No.1) | piano | Chris Sennett |
| View | Bourrée (No.2) | orchestra | Moisés Cantos |
| View | Bourrée (No.2) | harpsichord organ |
Pierre Gouin |
| View | La réjouissance (No.4) | orchestra | Herbert Straus Gardner |
| View | La réjouissance (No.4) | horn, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba | Joe Begenwald |
| View | La réjouissance (No.4) | horn, 2 trumpets, trombone and tuba | Jan Van Duffel |
| View | La réjouissance (No.4) | 2 flutes, violin, viola and cello | — |
| View | La réjouissance (No.4) | organ | Clive So |
| View | La réjouissance (No.4) | harpsichord | Srđan Depolo |
| View | Menuets I and II (No.5) | 2 trumpets and 2 trombones | — |
| View | Menuets I and II (No.5) | strings | Farid Zehar |
Scores
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Section | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
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| View | — | August Wenzinger, conductor | — | Complete Recording | |
| View | — | August Wenzinger, conductor | — | 1. Ouverture | |
| View | — | Professor P, performer | For Accordion Orchestra (De Bra) | Complete Recording | |
| View | Synthesized | — | For Piano and Orchestra (Schoonenbeek) | 1. Ouverture 2. Bourrée 3. La Paix 4. La Réjouissance 5. Menuet I 5. Menuet II |
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| View | Synthesized | — | For 2 Horns, 4 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Rondeau) | Virtual Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | Selections | For Orchestra (Hernández Bellido) | Bourrée La rejouissance Menuet 1 Menuet 2 |
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| View | MIDI | Selections | For 4 Recorders (Tennent) | 2. Bourrée 3. La Paix 4. La Réjouissance 5. Menuets I-II |
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| View | Synthesized | Overture (No.1) | For 11 Recorders (Kemp) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | MIDI | Bourrée (No.2) | For Organ (Gouin) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | La Réjouissance (No.4) | For Orchestra (Gardner) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | MIDI | La Réjouissance (No.4) | For Harpsichord | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | Menuet II (No.5) | For 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones (Knuth) | Synthesized Performance |
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