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British Royal Weddings: The House of Windsor
Matthias Range
- Pages: 336 p.
- Size:220 x 280 mm
- Illustrations:32 b/w, 44 col., 5 musical examples
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2024
- € 100,00 EXCL. VAT RETAIL PRICE
- ISBN: 978-2-503-59697-6
- Hardback
- Forthcoming (Dec/24)
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A study of the choice of venue, structure of ceremonial, and music at the weddings of the House of Windsor, unearthing many hitherto neglected sources and enriched with copious illustrations.
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BIO
Matthias Range has published widely in both history and musicology. An area of particular interest of his interdisciplinary research is the history of the British monarchy, the topic of his major publications. He currently works as a post-doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Music, University of Oxford.
Summary
Modern British Royal weddings are the ultimate in wedding celebrations. In many ways, they have been reflecting and setting world-wide fashions and standards for well over a century. This volume is the first in-depth discussion of the ways in which British Royal Weddings since 1919 have been celebrated. With a strongly interdisciplinary character, this study examines three main aspects of these ceremonies up to the twenty-first century: the choice of venue, the structure of the ceremonial, and the music of these events. More than twenty weddings are discussed in this volume, including some that are all but forgotten today, even though they were very significant and widely popular occasions in their time. This study contributes to the debate on the changing image and representation of the monarchy over the last century, especially the interaction of royalty with the public.
A wealth of newly-discovered material has been unearthed, providing many new details of these ceremonies and their context. Particular emphasis is given to the music at these weddings, which illuminates their character and how they were perceived. Enriched with over seventy illustrations, this study approaches the topic of British royal weddings from several different perspectives and is a substantial resource for all those with an interest in twentieth-century British royalty and monarchy in general.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Venue, Ceremonial, and Music: The Weddings of the Windsors
The ‘Abbey Weddings’: 1919 and the 1920s
The ‘Jubilee’ Weddings: The 1930s
‘A Flash of Colour’: The Wedding of the Future Queen, 1947
The Fanfare Weddings: The Early 1960s
The Heyday of Royal Weddings: The 1970s and 1980s
‘The New Era of Royal Weddings’: Tradition and Innovation in the New Millennium
Change and Continuity: Some Wider Aspects of Royal Weddings
Appendices
Chronological List of British Royal Weddings since 1919
Texts and Transcriptions
Royal Weddings and their Music
Sources and Bibliography
Printed Orders of Service and Ceremonials
Manuscript and Archival Material
Published Material (including Dissertations)
Index
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