Music of the United Kingdom inspiration from continental Europe as it developed into modern classical music. The Baroque era in British music can be seen as one of an interaction of national and international trends, sometimes absorbing continental fashions and practices and sometimes attempting, as in the creation of ballad opera, to produce an indigenous tradition. However, arguably the most significant British composer of the era, George Frideric Handel, was a naturalised German, who helped integrate British and continental music and define the future of the classical music of the United Kingdom that would be officially formed in 1801. Musical composition, performance and training in
Water Music (novel) an effort to find and explore the Niger River. The novel is loosely based on historical sources, including Mungo Park's 1799 book, "Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa". However, as Boyle admits in his foreword to "Water Music", he does not claim historical accuracy or even faithfulness to the contemporary accounts, whose reliability is doubtful anyway. Water Music (novel) Water Music is the first novel by T. C. Boyle, first published in 1981. It is a semi-fictional historical adventure novel that is set in the late 18th and early 19th century. The novel follows the parallel adventures and intertwining