In 1749 some 12, 000 people paid two shillings sixpence each to hear Handel's 100-piece band rehearse his Royal Fireworks Music at Vauxhall Gardens (Forsyth, 1985).

大约1.2万人在1749年支付了两先令六便士，聆听了亨德尔在沃克·斯霍尔园林的皇家烟火音乐的100人排练(福塞斯，1985)。

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Some of his hits are played so frequently that even the tone-deaf would recognise them: "Messiah", the "Water Music", the "Music for the Royal Fireworks" and a handful of others.

他的少数几首著名曲目，比如“弥赛亚”，“水上音乐”，“皇家焰火音乐”等等，被如此频繁的演奏，即便音盲也能分辨得出。

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By the 17th century, the rulers of Europe had started using fireworks as a way of marking royal occasions.

到了17世纪，欧洲的统治者们开始用烟花来纪念皇室的重要时刻。

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Handel's famed "Water Music" and his "Music for the Royal Fireworks" were both written for regal Thameside festivities in the 18th century.

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Initially presented in April at a studio theater within the Royal Opera House, "The Fireworks-Maker's Daughter" calls for nine players plus the conductor, all of whom are onstage, rather than hidden in the pit.

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The Reverend Ron Lancaster, 82, who runs Kimbolton Fireworks in Cambridgeshire, received the plaque from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).

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