Music As A Mirror of History — Handel: Water Music (1714)

Excerpts from the lecture Handel: Water Music (1714) in Robert Greenberg's new series from The Great Courses, “Music As A Mirror of History” Full Course available at https://robertgreenbergmusic.com/?p=2610 See more courses at http://www.robertgreenbergmusic.com Discover how music and history intersected in the remarkable career of George Frederick Handel. Trace the extraordinary circumstances in which the German prince George Ludwig of Brunswick-Lüneberg became King George I of England. Learn about his patronage of Handel, whose phenomenal success as a composer in England led to the creation of numerous musical masterpieces written for the English royals, including the composer’s iconic Water Music, written for a state procession in 1717.