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Handel - Alla Hornpipe from Water Music Suite II
Sheet music for violin
| Info: | Alla Hornpipe is from Suite in D major (HWV 349), part of the Water Music collection of orchestral movements. It premiered on 17 July 1717 after King George I had requested a concert on the River Thames. The Water Music is scored for a relatively large orchestra, making it suitable for outdoor performance. Some of the music is also preserved in arrangement for a smaller orchestra; this version is not suitable for outdoor performance, as the sound of stringed instruments does not carry well in the open air. |
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| Date: | 1717 |
| Artist: | George Frideric Handel |
| Born: | 23 February 1685, Halle |
| Died: | 14 April 1759, London |
| The artist: | German, later British Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Born in a family indifferent to music, Handel received critical training in Halle, Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition. |
| Instrument: | Violin |
| Key: | D major |
| Range: | A3 - C#6 |
| Time signature: | 3/2 |
| Tempo: | 110 BPM |
| Duration: | 3:06 |
| Pages: | 2 |
| Difficulty: | Intermediate |
| Style: | Classical |
