Fireworks Music

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Fireworks Music (Music for the Royal Fireworks). Suite of 8 movts. by Handel for wind band, comp. for and played at fireworks display in Green Park, London, to mark Peace of Aix-la- Chapelle, 1749. Later Handel added str. parts. Arr. for modern orch. by Harty and by Mackerras.

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