A portrait of George Frideric Handel, presenting his Water Music to King George I. So what do you do if you're a recently crowned head of state and you're already facing opposition — even from within ...

Think this election season is full of political stunts? They have nothing on King George I. Looking to one-up his popular heir, the British monarch tapped George Frideric Handel — like King George, a ...

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Handel's Water Music is as much fun to play as it is to hear. The students at Juilliard included two of the three Water Music Suites on an all-Handel concert recently. Daniel Beckwith conducts Suites ...

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Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and conductor Ton Koopman play the Water Music, Suite No. 2, by Handel.

About the Album: The Water Music in Three Suites Complete. Handel's Water Music is a collection of short orchestral pieces composed to serenade King George I of England during a boating party on the ...

Water Music is a collection of three suites composed by Frederic Handel for King George I. Legend has it that the king loved it so much, he ordered the musicians to play the entire suite three times.

So what do you do if you’re a recently crowned Head of State and you’re already facing opposition—even from within your own family? One answer is optics. Make a big, public splash; throw a lavish ...

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