British royal and state funerals : music and ceremonial since Elizabeth I / Matthias Range.
By: Range, Matthias [author.]
.Publisher: Woodbridge, Suffolk : The Boydell Press, 2016Description: xvi, 408 pages illustrations.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781783270927.Subject(s): Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Great Britain -- History | Funeral music -- Great Britain -- History and criticism | Nobility -- Great Britain -- Death and burial | Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Death and burialDDC classification: 393.930941 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 393.930941 RAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 022780 | |||
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 393.930941 RAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 013620 |
Frontcover; Contents; Illustrations; Music Examples; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; General Notes; Introduction: British Royal and State Funerals and their Music; 1 Heraldic Heyday: From Elizabeth I to the Duke of Rothes (1603-1681); 2 'Postscript to an era'?: Charles II and Mary II (1685 and 1694/5); 3 Private Royals and Public Heroes: From William III to the Duke of Marlborough (1702-1722); 4 The 'Concert Funerals': From Queen Caroline to George II (1737-1760); 5 Public Heroes and Private Royals: From Pitt the Elder and Lord Nelson to Queen Adelaide (1778/1806-1849). 6 Apogee and Royal Retreat: From the Duke of Wellington to Prince Albert Victor and William Gladstone (1852-1892/8)7 Imperial Farewells: From Queen Victoria to Winston Churchill and the Duke of Windsor (1901-1965/72); 8 The Royal Return to the Public: From Lord Mountbatten to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1979-2002); Appendices; 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
British royal and state funerals are among the most elaborate and solemn occasions in European history. This book is the first in-depth study of the ceremonial and the music performed at these events over the past 400 years, from the funeral of Elizabeth I in 1603. Covering funerals of both royalty and non-royalty, including Nelson, Wellington and Churchill, this study goes up to the funerals of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002 and the ceremonial funeral of Baroness Thatcher in 2013. While some of these funerals have received a good deal of attention - especially the 1997 funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales - these extraordinary events have largely not been discussed in their longer historical context. The book examines the liturgical changes in the Anglican funeral rite since the Reformation and also the change from the so-called 'public' to 'private' funerals. It includes many new findings on the development of the ceremonial and its intricate peculiarities, as well as new insights into the music and its performance.