Screen LibraryBritish royal and state funerals : music and ceremonial since Elizabeth I /
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| Published: |
The Boydell Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 408 pages : illustrations, music, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781783270927 (hardback) : 1783270926 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | GT3243 |
| CLC: | K895.612.2-09 |
| Call Number: | K895.612.2-09/R196 |
| Contents: | Introduction : British royal and state funerals and their music -- Heraldic heyday : from Elizabeth I to the Duke of Rothes (1603-1681) -- 'Postscript to an era'? : Charles II and Mary II (1685 and 1694/5) -- Private royals and public heroes : from William III to the Duke of Marlborough (1702-1722) -- The 'concert funerals' : from Queen Caroline to George II (1737-1760) -- Public heroes and private royals : from Pitt the Elder and Lord Nelson to Queen Adelaide (1778/1806-1849) -- Apogee and royal retreat : from the Duke of Wellington to Prince Albert Victor and William Gladstone (1852-1892/8) -- Imperial farewells : from Queen Victoria to Winston Churchill and the Duke of Windsor (1901-1965/72) -- The royal return to the public : from Lord Mountbatten to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1979-2002) -- Appendix A : the musical portions of the liturgy of the burial service as in the different versions of the Book of common prayer, 1549-1662 -- Appendix B : texts and transcriptions -- Appendix C : synoptic table of music at selected British royal and state funerals. |