fluffypet61 -> RE: What Do These Things Have In Common? (6/12/2010 6:45:15 AM)
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Yes, DC! You're next. George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-English Baroque composer. The Harmonious Blacksmith - the popular name of the final movement, Air and variations, Suite No. 5 in E major, for harpsichord. The Water Music - a collection of suites played for the King and his guests on one barge by the musicians on another barge floating on the River Thames. Suite in F major, Suite in D major, and Suite in G major. Zadok the Priest - a coronation anthem. It is one of the four Coronation Anthems that Handel composed for the coronation of George II of Great Britain in 1727, and has been sung at every subsequent British coronation service. Music for the Royal Fireworks - a suite composed 1749 under contract of George II for the fireworks in London's Green Park on 27 April 1749. It was to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748.
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