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The earliest documented example of the English word 'consort' in a musical sense is in George Gascoigne’s The Princelye Pleasures (1576). [1] Only from the mid-17th century has there been a clear distinction made between a ‘whole’, or ‘closed’ consort, that is, all instruments of the same family (for example, a set of viols played together) and a ‘mixed’, or ‘broken’ consort ...
In English early Baroque music, a broken consort is an ensemble featuring instruments from more than one family, for example a group featuring both string and wind instruments. A consort consisting entirely of instruments of the same family, on the other hand, was referred to as a "whole consort ", though this expression is not found until well ...
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles and may be crowned and anointed, but historically she does not formally share the king's political and military powers, unless on occasion acting as regent .
A royal consort is the spouse of a serving monarch, whose main duty is to provide support and companionship during their reign. Unlike the king or queen, they do not have a formal position or set ...
Take, for example, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who was only ever referred to as Prince Consort (and he didn't even get that title until four years after Elizabeth was coronated ...
Became consort Coronation Ceased to be consort Death Resting place Spouse Ealhswith of Mercia: Æthelred Mucel – 868 c. 886 (Queen Consort of Wessex from 23 April 871) – 26 October 899 5 December 902 New Minster, Winchester, later Hyde Abbey: Alfred the Great: Ælfflæd: Æthelhelm (father) – 899 26 October 899 – Late 910s Marriage ...
Consort is a nautical term with two related meanings; it is used to describe any ship deliberately accompanying another, but in the context of Great Lakes vessels, it refers to an unpowered schooner barge or steamer barge, towed by a steamer or tugboat. 1.
The title of "Prince Consort" has only been held by Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert. Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne, never received an official style as the consort, his princely title being Danish, but was raised to the peerage of England as the Duke of Cumberland in 1689, several years before his wife's accession in 1702.