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G. F. Handel – Air from Water Music Suite
…wedding register. Handel’s Water Music premiered in July 1717 for a Thames Water Pageant & Concert requested by King George I. A modern version of the Water Music will be…
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Jean Sibelius
…to erode Finland’s autonomy, Sibelius composed several works that became symbols of the Finnish nationalist cause. His contributions to Finnish historical pageants, coupled with his powerful music, elevated him to…
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Henry Purcell
…(1691), “The Fairy-Queen” (1692), and “The Indian Queen” (1695). These productions were elaborate staged plays with extensive incidental music, masques, pageants, and ballet sequences. Although they featured some of his…
