La Paix

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La Paix is the serene, slow movement from Handel’s "Music for the Royal Fireworks," evoking a sense of peace and resolution.

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instanceOf instrumental composition ⓘ
orchestral movement ⓘ
associatedWorkOccasion celebration of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ⓘ
catalogueNumber HWV 351 (movement) ⓘ
character contemplative ⓘ
peaceful ⓘ
serene ⓘ
cityOfFirstPerformance London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
commonlyPerformedWith other movements from Music for the Royal Fireworks ⓘ
composer George Frideric Handel ⓘ
composerNationality German-British ⓘ
countryOfFirstPerformance Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
evokes sense of peace ⓘ
sense of resolution ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 27 April 1749 ⓘ
firstPerformanceVenue Green Park, London ⓘ
linked to: Green Park
followsInWork La Réjouissance (depending on ordering in some suites) ⓘ
genre Baroque orchestral music ⓘ
hasStyle late Baroque ceremonial style ⓘ
historicalContext composed for a public fireworks display celebrating peace ⓘ
notableFeature contrasts with more martial movements in Music for the Royal Fireworks ⓘ
originalInstrumentation wind instruments and percussion ⓘ
partOf Music for the Royal Fireworks ⓘ
period Baroque period ⓘ
relatedTheme celebration of peace after war ⓘ
scoring wind band with optional strings and continuo ⓘ
tempoCharacter slow ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
translatedTitle The Peace ⓘ
typicalDuration approximately 4–6 minutes ⓘ
workKey D major ⓘ

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