Music and the Thames

I am a member of the Royal Society of Musicians of which Handel was a founding member. The society holds many musical archives, including a copy of Handel's Water Music in the earliest extant edition. As part of celebrations for the Queens diamond jubilee, it is being lent to the National Maritime museum for their exhibition "Pageantry and the Thames" which is open from the 27th April to the 9th September. Its exciting to remember that Handel wrote the water music and the Royal fireworks for similar events.