The Musick For The Royal Fireworks Set For The German Flute, Violin, Or Harrsicord[!]. [Hwv 351]. [Keyboard Arrangement] Handel, George Frideric 1685-1759 New Arrivals,Printed Music

Small folio. Disbound. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 21, [i] (blank) pp. Engraved throughout. Contemporary ownership inscription to upper outer corner of title "H [?J]Gauntlett." Somewhat browned, foxed, and soiled, heavier to lower and outer margins; hole to blank area of title, not affecting text; portion of lower outer margins of final two leaves reinforced. First Edition. Rare. Smith p. 234, no. 6. BUC p. 442. RISM H1337. The Musick for the Royal Fireworks, composed to celebrate the end of the War of Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, was first performed on 27 April 1749. An attractive collection of celebrated instrumental selections from Handel's oeuvre, arranged for the accessible combination of flute or violin with harpsichord, and including, in addition to The Musick for the Royal Fireworks, a selection of marches, Zadok the Priest [HWV 58], and two airs from Solomon [HWV 67].