The Music for the Royal Fireworks (HWV 351) is a wind band suite composed by George Frideric Handel in 1749 under contract of George II of Great Britain for the fireworks in London's Green Park on 27 April 1749. It was to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession and the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) in 1748.
| Date of composition | 1749 in London, United Kingdom |
| First published | 1788 unsure, in London, United Kingdom |
| Type | Suite |
| Tonality | D Major |
| Catalogue | HWV 351 |
| Approx. duration | 20 minutes |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
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Georg Friedrich Haendel: Music for the Royal Fireworks en ré majeur, HWV 351 "Fireworks Music" Georg Friedrich Händel: Music for the Royal Fireworks in re maggiore, HWV 351 "Fireworks Music" Georg Friedrich Händel: Music for the Royal Fireworks D-dur, HWV 351 "Fireworks Music" |