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Rosina Brandram as Queen Elizabeth in the original production, 1902. Merrie England is an English comic opera in two acts by Edward German to a libretto by Basil Hood.The patriotic story concerns love and rivalries at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, when a love letter sent by Sir Walter Raleigh to one of Queen Elizabeth's ladies-in-waiting, Bessie Throckmorton, ends up in the hands of the Queen.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said that the verse "very much reflected her thoughts on how the nation should celebrate the life of the Queen Mother. To move on." [4] The piece was published as the preface to the order of service for the Queen Mother's funeral in Westminster Abbey on 9 April 2002, with authorship stated as "Anonymous". [4] [5]
"River Song" may refer to: "River Song" (Dennis Wilson song), the opening track of Dennis Wilson's 1977 album Pacific Ocean Blue "River Song" (Sherman), a 1973 song from the movie Tom Sawyer composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman; River Songs, the third full-length studio album by American band The Badlees; River Song: A Novel by ...
Queen (Taylor) Mercury [4] "Tie Your Mother Down" ‡ A Day at the Races: 1976 May Mercury [13] "Too Much Love Will Kill You" ‡ Made in Heaven: 1995 May Frank Musker Elizabeth Lamers Mercury [21] "Track 13" Made in Heaven (CD edition) 1995 Queen (David Richards, Taylor, May) Mercury [21] "Under Pressure" [d] ‡ (Queen & David Bowie) Non ...
Many of his songs still exist today. William Byrd was the chief organist and composer for Queen Elizabeth. Also during the 16th century were John Bull (1562–1628), best-known organist of the Elizabethan era, and John Dowland (1563–1626), leading composer of lute music. John Dowland published his first book of songs or "ayres" in 1597.
The song was released during Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977. The record's lyrics, as well as the cover, were controversial at the time; both the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Independent Broadcasting Authority refused to play the song, including a total ban of its airing by the BBC. [ 2 ]
The Queen declared the competition officially open, immediately followed by a trumpet fanfare based on a theme from Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield and then a fireworks display. [55] The 2012 ceremony was the second time the Queen had opened an Olympic Games, the first being the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal in her capacity as Queen of Canada ...
[3] [4] Based on the play Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson—which had a successful run on Broadway with Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt in the lead roles—the film fictionalizes the historical relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex. The screenplay was written by Norman Reilly Raine and Aeneas MacKenzie.