Dave said:
>I'm not sure how you define a "Symphony Orchestra", but isn't there a
>piccolo in the score of Handel's "Water Music" that predates Beethoven
>5 by about 50 years (?). [107 years: 1717 vs 1824. -Dave]
That can't be right, Dave. 1824 is only 3 years before B.'s death. I haven't
looked it up, but I imagine he had written all of his symphonies by then.
[You're right. I thought #5, but used the date for #9. The gap between
Handel's Water Music and Beethoven's 5th is 90 years (1717 vs 1807).
-Dave]
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