Symphony Stories

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Excerpt from Symphony Stories: North Carolina Little Symphony Children's Concerts 1976-77You may recall from last year's Symphony Stories that Handel wrote the Royal Fireworks Music at the request of King George II of England. It was 1749 and a long European war had just ended. To celebrate the signing of the peace treaty the King planned to have a spectacular display of fireworks in London's famous Green Park. When Handel realized that his music would be played outdoors he knew it would have to be loud, so his score called for 40 trumpets, 20 horns, 16 oboes, 16 bassoons, a contra bassoon, a serpent, 8 pairs of kettledrums, 12 side drums, flutes, fifes, and a complete string section. To add more noise 18 cannons were placed under the musicians' gallery. They were to fire single shots from time to time throughout the performance. But Handel's elaborate planning was all in vain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.