Water Music
The Water Music is a collection of orchestral movements, often published as three suites, composed by George Frideric Handel. It premiered on 17 July 1717, in response to King George I's request for a concert on the River Thames.
An Wasserflüssen Babylon
Franz Tunder composed a setting of the hymn for soprano, strings and continuo. Organist at the Marienkirche in Lübeck from 1646–1668, Tunder initiated his "Abendmusik" there. Buxtehude later married Tunder's daughter and succeeded him as organist at Lübeck.
Bach also composed a number of four-part chorale harmonisations around 1735, including one setting of "An Wasserflüssen Babylon", BWV 267. The main copyist was Johann Ludwig Dietel, one of Bach's pupils from the Thomasschule zu Leipzig. Although considered to have been lost by Philipp Spitta, Dietel's manuscript (R.18)—containing one hundred and fifty chorales—was discovered recently in the Musikbibliothek der Stadt, Leipzig.