Music for the Royal Fireworks made clear to Handel that King George had a preference for only martial instruments and drums, and hoped there would be "no fiddles". Handel omitted the string instruments against his will. Also against Handel's will, there was a full rehearsal of the music in Vauxhall Gardens and not in Green Park. On 21 April 1749 an audience, claimed to be over twelve thousand people, each paying two shillings and six pence (half a crown) rushed to get there, causing a three-hour traffic jam of carriages on London Bridge, the only vehicular route to the area south of the river. Six
Music box production quantities. They are sought by collectors who have the space for their large or very large cabinets. In 1974–75, German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen composed "Tierkreis", a set of twelve pieces on the signs of the zodiac, for twelve music boxes. Music box A music box or musical box is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or "lamellae") of a steel comb. They were developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and called "carillons à