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Hymn - Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven. Based on Psalm 103, the hymn ' Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven ' has long been a favourite of the Royal Family, in particular Queen Elizabeth II and her father King George VI. It also featured at the wedding of Elizabeth and Prince Philip in 1947.
19 wrz 2022 · The musical — and particularly the love song “People Will Say We’re In Love” — held a special meaning for the queen. At age 21, she attended the UK premiere on April 30, 1947 ...
9 wrz 2022 · "God Save the Queen/King" has been the national anthem of the United Kingdom since the early 19th century. But Queen Elizabeth II was not the first queen to be celebrated with the song....
22 wrz 2022 · Their music was set to words by living British poets, and meant as a counterpart to Thomas Morley's 1601 volume of madrigals for Queen Elizabeth I, The Triumphs of Oriana.
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She had been queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death.
Gloriana is the alternative name for the eponymous but never seen Faerie Queene in Spenser’s epic poem, whose castle represents the end destination for many of the work’s characters. Spenser created the name from an elaborated form of the Latin word ‘gloria’, meaning glory.
Gloriana was the name given by the 16th-century poet Edmund Spenser to his character representing Queen Elizabeth I in his poem The Faerie Queene. It became the popular name given to Elizabeth I. The opera depicts the relationship between Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Essex, and was composed for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June ...
