A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Firework Music

FIREWORK MUSIC. A series of pieces—Overture, Allegro, Lentement, Bourée, Largo alla siciliana, Allegro, and 2 Minuets, all in the key of D—written by Handel and performed at the Fireworks given in the Green Park, April 27, 1749 on the occasion of the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. The band—100 in all—contained 24 oboes, 12 bassoons, 9 trumpets, 9 horns, 3 timpani, besides strings.

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