Matthias Range

British Royal and State Funerals

Music and Ceremonial Since Elizabeth I

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Produktbeschreibung

The first in-depth study of the ceremonial and music performed at British royal and state funerals over the past 400 years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 161mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 956g
• ISBN-13: 9781783270927
• ISBN-10: 1783270926
• Artikelnr.: 43675432

Autorenporträt

Matthias Range

Inhaltsangabe

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 (1852-1892/98)
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) Appendices
Bibliography