The Water Music by George Frideric Handel for String Quartet
Violin, Violin, Viola, and Cello
Handel composed this music for King George I’s
party on the Thames River. According to a newspaper article from 1717,
there were “50 Instruments of all sorts, who play’d all the way
from Lambeth (while the barges drove with the tide without rowing,
as far as Chelsea), the finest symphonies, compos’d express for this occasion,
by Mr Handel, which his Majesty liked so well, that he caus’d it to be plaid over three times in going and returning.”
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Reviews...
“It is no small feat to distill the full score
down to a version for string quartet and still maintain
the feel of the original, but Greenblatt has successfully done so...
easy-to-read score and parts... faithful to the original... tasteful...
It is great fun to play...”
- Strings Magazine,
September/October 1998
We are discontinuing the print versions of our string quartets and string quintets.
We still have some printed plastic spiral-bound copies available.
Quantities are limited.
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